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Saturday 4 February 2012
China market: Sales of household appliances lower than expected during Lunar New Year holidays
Sales of large-size electrical household appliances including LCD TVs in the China market were lower than expected during the Lunar New Year holidays, according to data compiled by...
Saturday 4 February 2012
Taiwan Mobile plans to set up retail network in China
Taiwan Mobile (TWM), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, plans to extend its self-operated retail network in Taiwan myfone, into China, with 30-50 stores to...
Saturday 4 February 2012
Decrease in solar installation costs causes governments to make incentive cuts
The price of solar products decreased around 50% in 2011 due to a demand freeze and oversupply. This has caused the cost of installing solar PV systems to drop rapidly.
Saturday 4 February 2012
Acer China executive vice president leaves the company, says paper
Acer China's executive vice president Lan Ye, who joined the company as part of the acquisition of China-based Founder in 2010, has left the company, according to a Chinese-language...
Friday 3 February 2012
Digitimes Research: Monocrystalline solar wafer prices in Greater China show increases
Compared with downstream firms, quotes from upstream solar firms have been increasing more apparently, according to Digitimes Research analyst, Chihheng Liang. Downstream firms such...
Friday 3 February 2012
China to hike TFT-LCD panel tariffs, says report
In order to boost development of the local TFT-LCD panel manufacturing industry, the China government will increase customs tariffs for imported panels from 3% to 5% in the second...
Friday 3 February 2012
Chongqing government highlights labor supply
Commenting on the usual labor shortages after the Lunar New Year holiday, Tong Xiaoping vice mayor of Chongqing, China, at a recent labor resource conference in Taiwan, pointed out...
Thursday 2 February 2012
China lowers solar FIT to CNY7/watt, says report
China's 2012 feed-in-tariff (FIT) for user-side solar PV systems has been adjusted to CNY7/watt from the previous CNY9/watt, news outlet Solarzoom indicated in a recent article. The...
Thursday 2 February 2012
China Internet user base tops 513 million at end of 2011, says CNNIC
The number of Internet surfers in China increased to an estimated 513.1 million as of the end of 2011, according to the latest semiannual survey conducted by the China Internet Network...
Thursday 2 February 2012
Solar wafer makers to increase quotes to US$1.20-1.30/unit
The solar industry has been trying to increase prices. Industry sources indicate that 6-inch polysilicon solar wafers have been quoted around US$1.20-1.30/unit. However, downstream...
Thursday 2 February 2012
Solartech sees increasing January revenues
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Solartech reported January revenues of NT$464 million (US$15.3 million), up 113.42% on month and down 71.42% on year. Solartech indicated that capacity...
Thursday 2 February 2012
Foxconn enjoys recruitment crowds
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), despite being named a fear factory by the US media, still attracted large amounts of people in China looking for work, and the company's...
Thursday 2 February 2012
Acer, HP to expand notebook shipments from Chongqing, China in 2012
As total notebook shipments from Chongqing, China increased to 15.74 million units in 2011 with production volume also growing more than 1,000 fold to US$5.15 billion, Acer and Hewlett-Packard...
Wednesday 1 February 2012
China market: Chip demand for 2.5G/2.75G handsets falling
Demand for 2.5G and 2.75G handset solutions is falling in China due to growth in the penetration rates for 3G and smartphones in the region, according to sources at white-box handset...
Tuesday 31 January 2012
China market: 3D TVs sell well during Lunar New Year holidays
Sales of 3D LCD TVs, particularly large-size models, were strong during the 2012 Lunar New Year holiday season in China, according to sources in the retail channel in China.