China press: EU to increase tariff on China flat-panel TVs
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The European Union (EU) is likely to place tariffs of more than 20% on flat-panel TVs exported to Europe, according to Liu Hai Zhong (transliterated from Chinese), spokesperson for Sichuan Changhong Electronics, as quoted by the China-based web portal Sohu
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Japan's Sharp Corp. plans to spend up to 200 billion yen (&#36;1.91 billion) to build a cutting-edge domestic plant to make liquid crystal display panels for flat-screen TVs, a business newspaper reported on Sunday.
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Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will urge the European Union to lift a 15-year-old arms embargo and call on the continent to view China as a full market economy during an EU-China summit beginning Wednesday in the Hague.
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The European Union filed a complaint Friday with the World Trade Organization over China's tariffs on imported foreign auto parts and indicated that the United States and Canada would follow suit later in the day, officials said.
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China will extend its prime-time ban on foreign cartoons by an hour and demand that local television stations seek approval from censors before broadcasting them, the country's media watchdog said in a circular.
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Beijing - China said yesterday that it would impose a new tax on textile exports, responding to US and European pressure to limit them amid fears that low-cost Chinese textiles would flood markets abroad when global quotas expired next month.
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China&#39;s sweeping new labor law will  improve workplace conditions without deterring foreign  investment, the European Union Chamber of Commerce said on  Sunday.
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Beijing, Dec 7 (PTI) China has said its appeal to lift the EU&#39;s 15-year-old arms embargo does not mean the country was &quot;eager&quot; to buy weapons from EU countries, the state media reported today.
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China's new restrictions on foreign  media raise concerns about its respect for trade rules as well  as human rights and freedom of expression, European Commission  President Jose Manuel Barroso said.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Sep. 10--TOKYO -- Toshiba Corp. plans to build a liquid crystal display  television plant in Poland to boost production of large screen LCD television  sets for the European market, company sources said Sunday.
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c51188)  has announced the addition of "Broadcasting &  Cable TV in Italy" to their offering.
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THE HAGUE - The European Union and China on Wednesday pledged to boost bilateral ties at their annual summit here, with the European Union saying it would consider lifting its 15-year-old embargo on arms sales to China.
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HAMBURG, Germany  - The European Union urged China on Monday to open its markets to help redress a "huge" trade surplus with the bloc and called on it to ratify a key rights covenant.
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BRUSSELS: Chinese clothing and textiles will lose their low-tariff support from the European Union under a reform of the blocâs preferential tariff scheme which aims to ensure that the worldâs poorest nations benefit most.
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft wants to play a bigger role in China's living rooms, and the company is willing to spend millions of dollars to get there. The company's latest home-entertainment moves in China include aÂ planned $12.3 million investmentÂ in Sichuan Changhong Electric. The deal, announced earlier this week, gives Microsoft a small stake in one of China's largest TV makers, which in turn agreed to develop TVs and other products able to link with the Internet. "Microsoft and Changhong have partnered in exploring the use of digital media technologies to benefit the consumers for a better in-home networked digital entertainment experience," Microsoft said Friday in an e-mail statement. Its investment is intended to build goodwill, rather than bring a specific product to market. "The investment is more like a gesture of saying, 'We're friends strategically,'" said Jason Yin, managing director at In-Stat China. Critics have compared the Changhong deal to Venus, an ill-fated project launched in 1999 to develop Windows CE set-top boxes for the Chinese market. But that's not an accurate comparison. "It's very different," Yin said. Unlike Venus, Microsoft isn't trying to bring a new piece of hardware to market. Current versions of Windows are capable of connecting a TV with the Internet, and these types of systems are already available in China. Changhong's own M10 Living Room Entertainment Center is an example. Based on Windows XP Media Center Edition, the M10 is designed to connect with a television and comes with a remote control and wireless keyboard, allowing users to access music, videos and the Internet from a couch instead of a desk. Changhong also offers other consumer products that connect to the Internet. For instance, it sells a 32-inch LCD (liquid crystal display) television with a camera that can be used for Internet video calls. And the company has worked with China Telecommunications Group Corp., one of the country's two major fixed-line operators, to sell IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) set-top boxes. Microsoft hopes closer ties with Changhong will strengthen the channel through which its home-entertainment software reaches Chinese consumers. Those products include Windows Media Center and Mediaroom, the company's IPTV software. "Microsoft now has a better understanding of the value of local partners in penetrating China's market," Yin said, citing the example of Xiamen Amoi Electronics, which develops and sells Windows Mobile smart phones in China. Whether Microsoft's small investment in Changhong yields the desired result remains to be seen. In past years, the company used investments to build closer relationships with Chinese partners to varying degrees of success. "The investment doesn't always mean they get what they want," Yin said. The Changhong investment is just one part of Microsoft's home-entertainment push in China, and the company continues to seek out new deals and alliances. On Thursday, Microsoft signed an agreement with Shanghai Media Group (SMG), the country's second-largest media company. Under the terms of that deal, SMG will use Microsoft products across its new-media division, which includes Internet video, IPTV and mobile television. The partners hope their combined strengths in software and content will convince more companies to join them. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Â
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Wednesday's European papers tackle Ukraine, EU policy on Turkey, France's Socialists and a high-profile Danish court case.
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China plans to let foreign companies take stakes in local television production companies, in a move giving international media companies better access to the world's biggest market.