China seeks its own high-tech standards
Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 12:34 pm
This is a very interesting read about our technologies and what other countries are using!
I understand that China is tired of paying foreign patent fees for products made and sold domestically, but to develop whole new standards will isolate them in the long run. Unless of course the technology is better ;)
Full ReadDVD? China's trying to do it one better -- with a technology called EVD.
CDMA? The digital cell phone standard is so 2003, the Chinese say. Give TD-SCDMA a try instead.
Intel Corp.'s Centrino and Microsoft Corp.'s Windows? If you're doing business with Beijing, better bone up on WAPI and Red Flag Linux, too.
These days, China's dominant message is this: We'll embrace the world -- but on our terms.
I understand that China is tired of paying foreign patent fees for products made and sold domestically, but to develop whole new standards will isolate them in the long run. Unless of course the technology is better ;)