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China Tightens Online Game Regulations

Netease Tech, 11/18/09

China's Ministry of Culture has issued a notification regarding online game content management, proposing the establishment of a system for online game operators to self-regulate game content. Read More...

Giant Interactive Establishes 5 Gaming Subsidiaries

Sina Tech, 11/18/09

Chinese gaming company Giant Interactive (NYSE: GA) has announced the establishment of five project-centered subsidiaries, with Giant controlling 51% in each company and the respective project teams controlling the remaining 49%. Read More...

China to Complete Nationwide CMMB Simulcryption by Year-End

Sohu IT, 11/18/09

Cheng Xuan, GM of CMMB mobile TV operator China Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) technology division, has revealed that nationwide CMMB simulcryption, which CBC began at the end of September, is already 33% complete, and is expected to be finished by year's end. Read More...

GSMA: China Mobile to Deploy TD-LTE in 2011

Sina Tech, 11/18/09

At today's GSMA Mobile Asia Congress in Hong Kong, Michael O'Hara, chief marketing officer for the GSM Association, told foreign media that GSMA expects China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) to deploy TD-LTE in 2011 after commercial trials in 2010. Read More...

China Mobile, Chang'an Motors to Develop '3G Car'

Chongqing News, 11/18/09

China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) and Chinese automobile manufacturer Chang'an Motors (000625.SZ) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to develop a new automobile that utilizes 3G wireless communications and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications technology. Read More...

Dayhand Denies Baidu Acquisition Rumor

Netease Tech, 11/18/09

When asked about rumors that Chinese internet company Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU) had acquired his company's mobile Pinyin input method, CEO Tu Yixin of Shanghai-based DayHand Networks avoided using the word "acquire," saying that "it would be better to say that we're partnering," but declined to reveal any details of the companies' partnership. Read More...