According to the information shared on the website of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the organization's chief Miao Wei met with Apple CEO Tim Cook - who is on his second trip to the company after taking over the proceedings at Apple - on Friday to discuss the country's IT industry, global mobile communications, as well as Apple's operations.

In a move which underscores Huawei's attempts to venture into the Western markets, the China-based electronics company has unveiled two key mobile devices at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2103 in Las Vegas.

In a move which will mark a notable advancement in the direction of establishing China's crude oil futures contract in the later part of 2013, a test run of Shanghai Futures Exchange's international trading platform will be held today, January 8.

With recent Chinese state media reports having revealed that the new Communist Party leadership intends rolling out `real-name registration' regulations for all Chinese Internet users, there are clearly no signs of any relaxation in the online restrictions in the country.

Reuters has recently unearthed documents which show that China-based bigwig telecommunications manufacturing firm Huawei apparently played loose with trade sanctions in 2010, when one of its main partners allegedly offered to sell embargoed Hewlett-Packard (HP) computer gear to Iranian companies.

Thanks to China's increased investment in rail networks, the country's fastest 2,298-kilometer (1,428-mile) bullet-train line, between Beijing and Guangzhou was officially started on Wednesday; with state broadcaster China Central Television reporting that the first train on the high-speed line left on schedule, at 9am, from Beijing West Station.

In a move which underscores that the restrictive Chinese government intends tightening its grip on cyberspace, state-run newspapers revealed on Tuesday that a bill being drafted by the members of National People's Congress this week will probably require Internet users to register with their real names.

In a move which has apparently resulted from the copyright-misuse complaints which international companies and well-known individuals have lodged with China, the country has decided to bring about a change in its laws so that "malicious" trademark registrations can be targeted.