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• World of Warcraft awaits China's approval to relaunch

  By Owen Fletcher | 20 July, 2009 17:31

  The relaunch of the popular online game World of Warcraft in China, where it has already been offline for six weeks, still faces an indefinite delay as it awaits government approval for its content.

• China's Internet lockdown hurts local e-businesses

  By Owen Fletcher | 20 July, 2009 21:00

  China has started restoring some Internet access to a province where it was blocked after deadly ethnic riots two weeks ago, but the outage has already taken a toll on local businesses.

• Bing filters out sensitive results for Chinese searches

  By Owen Fletcher | 25 June, 2009 20:30

  Microsoft's Bing search engine filters out some sensitive results from searches made in simplified Chinese, the script used to write the language in China, searches revealed Thursday.

• China remains spam haven due to 'bulletproof' hosting

  By Jeremy Kirk | 27 June, 2009 03:07

  An overwhelming majority of Web sites promoted through spam are hosted in China at service providers that many times choose to ignore complaints and allow illegal activity, according to research from the University of Alabama.

• McAfee expands in China for expected security boom

  By Owen Fletcher | 23 June, 2009 22:20

  McAfee is expanding its staff in China amid a boom in the country's security market fueled by the launch of next-generation mobile networks.

• Google censors China porn searches

  By Dan Nystedt | 23 June, 2009 21:34

  Google engineers have put in place several measures to remove pornography from search results in China, after the government warned the company its filter was too weak.

• Offshoring? Try China and India plus a third site

  By Owen Fletcher | 22 June, 2009 22:24

  China may be rising as an offshoring destination, but many companies are outsourcing to multiple countries rather than just choosing between China and India.

• Fight against China's Web filtering software grows

  By Owen Fletcher | 19 June, 2009 13:52

  A U.S. company that says its code was copied by a Chinese Internet filtering program has ordered more PC makers not to distribute the Chinese software.

• China warns Google over porn links

  By Owen Fletcher | 19 June, 2009 18:13

  Google promised to step up control of "vulgar" online search results in China late Thursday, after a government-backed arbiter warned that its filtering of pornography was too weak.

• China orders Google to suspend foreign site searches

  By Owen Fletcher | 19 June, 2009 21:20

  China has ordered Google to suspend its foreign Web site search service after warning that the company's filtering of pornography was too weak, state media said Friday.

• China to propose WLAN security standard for global use again

  By Owen Fletcher | 16 June, 2009 20:38

  China will submit its wireless LAN security protocol to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for consideration as a global standard, years after its rejection by the standards body incensed Chinese backers.

• IBM steps up healthcare application work in China

  By Owen Fletcher | 17 June, 2009 20:25

  IBM is expanding work on applications for use in Chinese hospitals after spotting an opportunity in the country's massive spending plan for healthcare reform.

• China's porn filter blocks Falun Gong sites

  By Owen Fletcher | 12 June, 2009 16:54

  Internet filtering software that China plans to distribute nationwide blocks content related to a spiritual movement banned in China, despite government claims that the software targets only porn.

• IBM to expand railroad products from China center

  By Owen Fletcher | 12 June, 2009 02:16

  IBM pushed further into the market for railroad management systems as it opened a base in Beijing for work on train maintenance and surveillance products.