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Cost Controls Help Lenovo Profit

Paul Mozur and Juro Osawa, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 23 at 9:50 am PT

Chinese personal-computer maker Lenovo Group Ltd. said profit in its latest quarter rose 90 percent from a year earlier because of cost controls, stronger pricing and robust shipments.

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Wary of China, U.S. Steps Into Sprint’s Board

Anton Troianovski, Danny Yadron and Spencer E. Ante, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on May 23 at 4:37 am PT

SoftBank Corp. is readying a plan to allow the U.S. government an unusual level of influence over the operations of Sprint Nextel Corp., a concession to ease security concerns raised by the proposed cross-border takeover.

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Alibaba Buys Into Mapping Company

Juro Osawa and Paul Mozur, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 10 at 9:17 am PT

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is spending again to gain the upper hand as it competes to sell to China’s rapidly growing number of smartphone users.

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U.S. Says China’s Government, Military Used Cyberespionage

Julian E. Barnes, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 6 at 7:06 pm PT

The Chinese government has targeted U.S. government computer systems for intrusion, the Pentagon said Monday.

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Chinese Web Firms Alibaba, Sina Form Alliance

Saabira Chaudhuri and Juro Osawa, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 29 at 9:52 am PT

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is forming a strategic alliance with Sina Corp., seeking to benefit from the social-media company’s broad user base for its Weibo microblogging service.

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China Unicom Q1 Net Jumps 89 Percent on 3G, Fixed-Line Broadband Growth

Paul Mozur, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on April 25 at 6:30 am PT

China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. said Thursday net profit surged 89 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier as its third-generation mobile communications network and fixed-line broadband businesses continued their rapid growth.

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U.S. Eyes Pushback on China Hacking

Siobhan Gorman, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 22 at 7:30 am PT

The Obama administration is considering a raft of options to more aggressively confront China over cyber spying, officials say, a potentially rapid escalation of a conflict the White House has only recently acknowledged.

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Apple Named in China Porn App Investigation

Paul Mozur, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 17 at 4:12 am PT

Apple Inc. is once again in the pages of the People’s Daily, this time in an article listing a number of websites and app stores that have been investigated for providing pornographic content in China.

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Alibaba to Promote Its Mobile OS, After Fight With Google

Juro Osawa, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on April 15 at 3:29 pm PT

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. said it would promote its own smartphone operating system through subsidies to handset makers and a one billion yuan, or roughly $160 million, funding program for app developers.

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Foxconn Steps Up Hiring as Apple Readies New iPhone

Lorraine Luk, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 15 at 7:30 am PT

Foxconn Technology Group has resumed hiring assembly-line workers in China after a postholiday freeze, in the latest sign that major customer Apple Inc. is gearing up for production of the new iPhone.