Pearson, the UK-based publishing group, continues its expansion in China with an e-book deal to make its English-language books available in e-book format. Last week, Pearson paid $145m for Wall Street English, China's largest chain of English language training (ELT) schools...   more »

There's light at the end of the tunnel, claims SMIC, China's largest contract chip maker, as China's electronics sector starts to buy more chips. Six months ago, its future looked cloudy but today SMIC is in more bullish mood..    more »

Not even China can work up enough enthusiasm to buy bankrupt European chip maker Qimonda. The chip business is notoriously tough and Qimonda, which made commodity memory chips, had neither the scale or the technology to appeal to potential buyers...   more »

Many people would balk at the idea of having a consultation with a physician by videoconference. Not in China, apparently. Drug retailer China Yongxin Pharmaceuticals has launched an "electronic diagnosis system" to provide remote diagnosis for consumers...   more »

The chip industry is going through a tough patch at the moment, but its good to see European chipmaker STMicroelectronics looking to the bright future and promoting the key role that its products can play in reducing power consumption in China...   more »

As a sign of China's growing importance in the telecoms sector, Light Reading, an authoritative source on what's going on in the industry, has set up an office in Beijing and launched a website, Light Reading Asia, specifically for the region...   more »

We never thought we would see a time when China would save the day for a US chip company. Nevertheless, Altera has upgraded its first quarter sales prediction because of better than expected demand from manufacturers selling kit for China's new 3G mobile phone networks...   more »

India's IT outsourcing industry, already wounded by the scandal at Satyam, one of its leading players, now faces a growing challenge from China's younger but increasingly confident outsourcing sector. Nevertheless, EngagingChina believes India's outsourcing giants have little to fear in the short term...   more »

At first sight, modern Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine might seem to be poles apart particularly when it comes to technology. So what hope for a western IT supplier in China's TCM sector? Yet IBM has scored a major coup winning a contract to install an electronic patient record system in the largest hospital in southern China...    more »

Huawei tried to steal the Mobile World Congress show with a long-rumoured smartphone based on Google's Android platform. Meanwhile, Access China struck a deal with NEC of Japan to develop a reference design for smartphones aimed at price-sensitive and emerging markets...   more »