China will be launching a Pakistani satellite for the first time ever, creating a landmark in Sino-Pak relationship.

China has restricted the use of wi-fi in public spaces by issuing an order, which requires all providers to install an expensive software that can monitor the user and usage. This is the latest in a series of censorship attempts.

Online gaming in China is very big. However, addiction does not become more numbing than this. A young couple in southern China sold off their three children to fund their video game obsession.

HTC ditched the Facebook button and launched the HTC Salsa smartphone in China with a dedicated Sina Weibo button. HTC has also renamed the handset from HTC Salsa to HTC Weike.

Barely a couple of days after Google Plus was announced, the Chinese government has banned it.

A 17-year old boy, identified by the surname Zheng in the Anhui Province in eastern China sold one of his kidneys to buy an iPad 2 tablet. Zheng searched over the Internet and found a buyer who offered to pay 22,000 yuan ($3000) for the organ.

Rovio Mobile ltd, the makers of Angry Birds have partnered with Chinese gaming D.cn site to deliver Angry Birds on the Chinese land. The partnership will help deliver free-to-download version of Angry Birds in various editions.

A report commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature says that, in terms of percentage contribution to the national GDP, China ranks 2, while the US ranks 17. Denmark, expectedly, leads the table, thanks to its efficient power grid driven primarily by windmills.

State run station Xinhua reported that China is planning to initially set up a two-module space-station, named Tiangong-1 as soon as late this year. Tiangong means ‘Heavenly Palace’ in English.

China is planning to launch its own manned space station within next 10 years. The station, which may be called Tiangong, will support a crew of 3 people and will have 2 science lab modules.

WordPress.com was attacked again a few hours ago after the massive DDOS on Thursday. This was a follow up attack after the last one and as evident now; it originates from China every time.

A man died in the outskirts of Beijing today – he was playing an online video game non-stop for three days. The man did not eat or drink too well in this period and, more importantly, did not sleep at all. This is a worrying news for the gaming community.

Top government officials, including the Chinese President himself, have their own microblogs and this is indicative of acceptance from the Government.

The US government has used feed over email, a Google hosted project to breach the firewall of China. Information on the use of this project in the government was fetched with a Freedom of Information Act request.

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology send out notice to fight mobile malware being installed on Android phones.