Officials: US largely wins trade case against China over CDs, DVDs, books, computer software

August 13th, 2009 China might appeal WTO ruling on film importBEIJING — China said Thursday it might appeal a major World Trade Organization ruling that told Beijing to ease restrictions on imported movies, music and books in its latest trade dispute with Washington. The Commerce Ministry insisted Beijing does not hamper imports of media products, despite Wednesday's decision by a WTO panel of experts that it violates free-trade rules by forcing such products to be routed through Chinese state-owned companies.

June 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US trade officials sent a letter to their Chinese counterparts Wednesday urging them to revoke an order that requires a controversial internet filtering software to be installed on computers. The Green Dam software, which China will require on all new computers from July 1, could be used to restrict free speech and raises questions about free trade, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said in a letter to the Chinese government.

June 30th, 2009 BEIJING - Amid widespread international criticism, China Tuesday announced that it would delay the mandatory installation of the controversial "Green Dam-Youth Escort" filtering software on new computers. The installation was postponed as some computer producers said the process demanded extra time, the ministry of industry and information technology (MIIT) said.

June 25th, 2009 US calls on China to revoke Web filter orderBEIJING — Washington is calling on Beijing to revoke an order to personal computer makers to supply Internet-filtering software with every PC, adding to an array of disputes between the major trading partners. In a letter to Chinese officials, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Trade Representative Ron Kirk said the order might violate China's free-trade commitments and raise security risks for users, Kirk's office said in a statement Thursday.

June 25th, 2009 China accuses Google of spreading pornographyBEIJING — China accused Google Inc. on Thursday of spreading pornography after Chinese users were unable to connect to the search giant's Web site, while Washington called on Beijing to scrap its order for personal computers to be equipped with Internet-filtering software.

April 30th, 2009 China scales back IT disclosure demands BEIJING — Beijing has temporarily averted a trade clash with Washington by scaling back a demand for foreign suppliers of computer security technology to disclose how their products work. Such a disclosure will no longer be required for commercial sales but the rule still will apply to products sold to the government, the Chinese enforcement agency said in statement Wednesday.

July 2nd, 2009 PC makers voluntarily supply Web filter in ChinaBEIJING — Several PC makers were including controversial Internet-filtering software with computers shipped in China on Thursday despite a government decision to postpone its plan to make such a step mandatory. Beijing's decision this week to delay the requirement that the filtering software — known as Green Dam — be pre-installed or supplied on disk with all computers sold in China averted a possible trade clash with the United States and Europe.

June 30th, 2009 Company threatens legal action on China Web filterBEIJING — A California company that says its software was illegally used in Beijing's new Internet filter threatened unspecified legal action as PC makers faced a Wednesday deadline to supply the system with computers. Solid Oak Software Inc.

February 21st, 2009 HYDERABAD - A 16-member team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday took over the probe into the Rs.70-billion (Rs.7,000-crore/$1.43 billion) Satyam Computer Services accounting fraud. The team led by CBI Deputy Inspector General V.V.

August 14th, 2009 China trade ruling helps US, but piracy a problemLOS ANGELES — American companies counting on a favorable trade ruling against China to boost sales of CDs, DVDs, books and video games will need a crackdown on rampant piracy before they can reap big benefits. Chinese incomes are lower than in the United States, and the quality of pirated entertainment there is quite good, making legal goods a tougher sell.

July 8th, 2009 Federal Web sites knocked out by cyber attackWASHINGTON — The Associated Press has learned that a widespread computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of several government agencies, including some that are responsible for fighting cyber crime. Officials say the Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission and the Transportation Department's Web sites were all down at varying points over the weekend and into this week.

June 27th, 2009 Companies appeal to China to drop Web filter planBEIJING — Global business groups have made an unusual direct appeal to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to scrap an order for PC makers to supply controversial Internet filtering software, citing security and privacy concerns. Just days before the deadline to comply with China's order, the letter from 22 chambers of commerce and trade groups representing the world's major technology suppliers adds to pressure on Beijing to halt the plan following an official protest by Washington.

June 25th, 2009 PC makers race to comply with China's Web filterBEIJING — Days before a deadline abruptly imposed by China, computer makers are scrambling to comply with an order to supply Web-filtering software with PCs amid concerns about what it might do to their reputations. Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard Inc.

July 2nd, 2009 SHANGHAI - Under the controversial Green Dam computer program, China has already installed censorship software in over half-a-million computers. According to a report in The Telegraph, the Green Dam program has been downloaded three million times since the end of March and has been installed on 518,000 computers.

September 13th, 2005 "We are actively promoting Java in China as well as the rest of Asia-Pacific," said Scott McNealy, chairman and chief executive of Sun, in an interview with China Daily. "We are working with the (Chinese) government and other key players to establish Java as the industry standard for delivering open and secure services." Java technology is being used globally in more than 2.5 billion devices, including 1 billion smart cards, more than 708 million mobile phones, more than 700 million PCs, and in data centres of the world's largest companies and organizations.