"We are very pleased to launch the BlackBerry Curve 8910 smartphone with Digital China across their nationwide retail distribution network, " said Gregory Shea, Managing Director, China at Research In Motion.

ENGADGET: Research In Motion enters Chinese retail channel with BlackBerry 8910 Curve

In another conciliatory gesture, China abstained from voting on the United Nations motion authorizing peacekeeping forces in Kosovo.

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Soon after the motion picture industry was introduced in the 1920s, China experienced a golden age.

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China's Huawei jumped ahead of Nokia, HTC and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion in the world-wide smartphone race in the fourth quarter on the strength of its inexpensive devices.

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The American film industry is extremely reluctant to discuss the China concessions Hollywood is making, and the industry's main lobbying group, the Motion Picture Association of America, tries to portray the practice in the best possible light.

NPR: Hollywood Yielding To China's Growing Film Clout

Last September, Microsoft announced the Kinect's availability in China, but the catch was there would be no Xbox 360 to go with the motion-sensing peripheral, meaning only the developers could make the most out of the sensor on a PC.

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