Greater China is expected to account for 65.3% of the world's small- to medium-size TFT LCD panel and cell shipments in 2011, gaining 4.1 percentage points on-year, according to the...

Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) plants in Shandong province, China, were struck by a fire this morning (September 27). No employees are reported to have been harmed...

Continued solar module overproduction will lead to sustained price pressure across global photovoltaic (PV) markets, already reeling from factory gate prices now down 33% on-year,...

The solar market has been expecting the price of polysilicon to decrease in the fourth quarter. Industry sources pointed out that if the price of polysilicon falls to US$35/kg, many...

The rural subsidy programs implemented in China's, Shandong, Henan, Sichuan and Qingdao provinces, to help civilians purchase electronics products, will end in November, and Taiwan...

PT/Expo Comm China 2011, an annual ICT exhibition claimed to be the largest in Asia, is taking place in Beijing from September 26-30, with major focuses on TD-LTE, Things of the Internet...

Notebook upstream players that have investments in Chongqing, China - including component and notebook makers - are facing labor and electricity shortages in the city and the issues...

To counter domestic inflation, several provinces in China including Guangdong and Jilin are set to increase their minimum wage in early 2012, while cities such as Chongqing, where...

Hanwha SolarOne, a vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots, wafers and photovoltaic cells and modules in China, announced it has obtained a five-year loan for US$100...

Price negotiations for the fourth quarter between upstream and downstream solar firms are ongoing. Prices across the supply chain continue to decrease. However, the most important...

The expected proliferation of electrical smart grids during the next decade will generate nearly US$6 billion worth of demand by 2020 for lithium ion batteries used mainly in energy...

Touch panel controller IC design house Egalax_Empia Technology (EETI) expects strong demand from China-based white-box vendors, according to the company. EETI has seen orders from...

Driven by the aggressive implementation of vehicle safety and pollution mandates, China has emerged as the world's fastest-growing country for sales of automotive MEMS, according...

HTC has teamed up China-based Internet company QQ.com to launch a customized version of its ChaCha social networking smartphone in the China market. The HTC-QQ tie-up comes after...

Polarizer film maker Chi Mei Materials Technology, in view of fast growing demand from TFT-LCD panel makers in China, has set up a wholly owned subsidiary in eastern China specifically...