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Microsoft and PC maker Lenovo said on Wednesday that they will build a joint research and development lab in China, marking the first time that the software maker has built such a facility with another company.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has created artificial snow for the first time in Tibet, Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday, months after experts warned of melting glaciers and drought in the Himalayan region.

Software giant Microsoft said on Tuesday that it expects its China sales to rise more than 20 percent this year, boosted by new products and a national crackdown on unlicensed software.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (Reuters) - A larger than previously reported debris field from China's antisatellite test in January has boosted risks to spacecraft in a wide range of orbits, the U.S. Air Force Space Command said on Tuesday.

SHANGHAI, April 10 (Reuters) - Yahoo China on Tuesday launched a new blogging and networking service, in a move aimed at diversifying its revenue streams as it steps up expansion in the world's second-largest Web market by subscriber numbers. The Yahoo Space (i.yahoo.com.cn and club.yahoo.com.cn) service includes blogging, photo gallery, online networking and other interactive functions for Yahoo users, Yahoo China said in a statement in response to a Reuters enquiry. 

Although Google has fought copyright battles with French news agencies and Belgian newspapers, the latest accusation that Google has been copying comes from Chinese search engine rival Sohu.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Baidu.com Inc., often described as "China's Google", has bumped up against an obstacle that the real Google has long grown accustomed to: cybersquatters on its first overseas venture.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google Inc., which is seeking to broaden its presence in China, on Monday apologized to Internet users and Sohu.com Inc., one of the country's major Web portals for using third-party technology in its latest product rollout.

Chinese manufacturer Lenovo has gone from being the least environmentally friendly technology company to top of the list of 14 in Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics.

China is planning to send a nuclear powered rover to the moon in 2012 on its first unmanned mission to our natural satellite.

A group of Shanghai scientists have developed a prototype lunar rover that they hope will be selected for China’s first unmanned trip to the Moon in 2012.

China is developing impressive high-tech military capabilities, according to analysis given to an American congressional commission. And, unsportingly, the inscrutable communists refuse to tell anyone what they're up to.

OSLO (Reuters) - One in 10 people in the world, mostly in Asia, live in coastal areas at risk from rising seas and more powerful storms that may be caused by global warming, an international study showed on Wednesday.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Russia will mount a joint effort to explore Mars and one of its moons in 2009, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday following an agreement to boost cooperation between the two ambitious space powers.

Intel has announced that it will open a wafer fabrication facility in China, a significant milestone in the chip giant's manufacturing history.

BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) - China is on course to overtake the United States this year as the world's biggest carbon emitter, estimates based on Chinese energy data show, potentially pressuring Beijing to take more action on climate change.

Dell, the world's second-largest PC maker, unveiled a low-cost PC on Wednesday for China, its fastest-growing market.