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Oracle is seeking to expand in China's software market by cooperating closely with the government at all levels. Speaking at Guangzhou's Sun Yat-sen University, Keith Budge, regional managing director of Oracle South Asia, outlined Oracle's competitive strategy for Asia, and particularly the China market.

For years, Olympus has been at the top of the point-and-shoot market in China. It has an established sales network and a proven advertising strategy to sell what are known as "idiot cameras" to Chinese consumers, and for eight years it has been the king. However, in the area of digital cameras, Olympus has stumbled badly. A report in the 21st Century Business Herald reveals that Olympus is reorganizing its promotion and sales structure to better compete with industry leaders Sony, Canon, and Nikon.

Onix buys into railroad equipment company Orix announced yesterday that it would be buying into China's first railroad equipment leasing company, reports China Business Daily. China Railway Materials & Supplies Corporation set up the new company with an investment of 20 million yuan to help increase investment in China's rail network, and it will p...

The latest Huangdao Report reveals that during August, there were three new office buildings completed in Shanghai, and all of them failed to sell a single unit. Min Yifei, an analyst with Barren Island Studio in Shanghai, says that the lackluster performance of these buildings is due to the fact that there were so few of them, and that their prices were too high.

In recent months, there has been a large influx of entrepreneurs from Fujian coming to Chongqing to operate web cafés. Chongqing Morning Post reports on the "Fujian Gang" that is buying up operating licenses in Chongqing.