There are so much news from China that passes by that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Here are the Chinese tech industry news that we are lazy to post or left behind, there are stories on Acer’s Mango phone, China-made icebreaker, Foxconn’s robot and selling off monitoring telecoms equipment. Check them out after the break and hope everyone have a fresh start to your week. Video for this week : animation on how Chinese dissident artist get his online donation …
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Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei vs. Communist authorities, more report here.
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China’s Internet advertising market hit 2.17 billion U.S. dollars in third quarter (xinhuanet). The figure shows 83.1 percent increase compared to the same period in 2010.
Huawei denies that the gears they have sold to Iran is used for censorship (Bloomberg). China network equipment maker said they doesn’t provided any services relating to monitoring or filtering technologies and equipment anywhere in the world.
Chinese industry regulators are studying whether Taobao Mall engaged in a monopoly (CHINADAILY). The country’s largest business-to-consumer site is reviewing by regulators on its dominant position in the market by raising fees it charged vendors.
Foxconn aims to manufacture its own robots and automation equipment at Taiwan (Cnet). Latest news on Foxconn ‘robot kingdom’.
Acer Allegro hands-on (phone Arena). Taiwanese PC maker Acer launched its first smartphone running Microsoft’s Windows Mango operating system, the new phone get a hands-on preview.
NBA Player J.R. Smith not a fan of Chinese internet censorship (Penn Olson). The NBA basketball player was pissing off that he could not update his Twitter in China.
New icebreaker to improve China’s polar research (People’s Daily). China has made new icebreaker to conduct expeditions to the North Pole.
China’s unexpected cultural challenges for motion control (GAMASUTRA). Lenovo game console iSec came with the additional challenge of tailoring motion controls to the culturally and technologically distinct Chinese market.
HTC first quad-core phone revealed (pocketnow). The new HTC Edge probably will be one of the world’s first cellphone powered by a quad-core processor. We believe the battery life will be suck-out by the new processor !
Chinese telecoms giants to be probed for broadband monopoly (WantChinaTimes). China’s broadband providers may face hefty fines if they are found to have engaged in price-fixing in the broadband internet market.