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The article reports on the Tianhe-2 machines of National University of Defense Technology made by China which build its supercomputer prowess worldwide and the fall of the U.S. tally in the biannual Top500 list of global supercomputers.

Discusses China's increasing role as a laptop computer manufacturer and parts supplier and describes the laptop order fulfillment process. Profile of China's Quanta Computer Inc., the world's biggest maker of laptops; Path of a laptop order, which demonstrates the efficiency of global production; Extent of outsourcing in the laptop industry, as companies such as Apple, Dell, and Gateway outsource 100% of their laptop business; Consideration of where computer parts are manufactured.

Presents an interview with Steve Ward, who will become Lenovo Group Ltd.'s chief executive after a 26-year career at International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), the computer maker that recently acquired Lenovo. Challenges facing Ward as he attempts to make Lenovo, a small computer maker in China, a player in the global market for personal computers; Statistics indicating that IBM has slipped behind Dell Inc. and the world's No. 1 supplier of PCs; Lenovo's organizational structure, which will have executive spread out around the world; Ward's view of the deal between IBM and Lenovo; Ward's response to critics of the deal; View of China's economic growth; Competition with Dell; Plans for Lenovo's consumer-marketing efforts; Technological innovations from Lenovo; Lenovo's expected presence in the U.S. computer market; Thoughts on a Western executive running a Chinese company.

The author looks at the censorship of the Internet implemented by China in 2009. He cites that computer makers were required by Chinese authorities to install the software Green Dam on every personal computer (PC) sold to hinder troubling political and religious Web sites. He cites a lawsuit filed by the U.S. company Cybersitter against China and some computer makers alleging that they stole code from its parental-control software. He mentions the case of dissident Liu Xiaobo who has been jailed for organizing a signature campaign through the Internet.

The article reports on the move by corporations to return to technology spending in 2009, according to Intel Corp. chief financial officer (CFO) Stacy Smith. The CFO stated that conversations with customers usually focus on the financial benefits of upgrading to the latest computers and servers. He added that the personal computer (PC) market has benefited from the economic stimulus package in China. He asserted that he is seeing an improvement in the U.S. market.

The article focuses on China's rural personal computer (PC) market. It states that manufacturers Lenova Group Ltd. and Hewlett-Packard Co. are aggressively expanding sales networks into China's countryside. It mentions that a 586 billion dollar government subsidy program to stimulate China's government is helping encourage its economy by increasing spending in rural regions. It comments on marketing tactics used by PC vendors to penetrate remote rural regions that lack electronic retail stores.

The article reports on the search by the Chinese Academy of Sciences for a buyer of its stake in Legend Holdings Ltd., the parent company of Lenovo Group Ltd. The academy is asking 2.76 billion Chinese yuan for a 29% stake in Legend. According to the academy, any buyer must pledge not to change settled company strategy or management for five years. Lenovo is the fourth-largest computer maker by shipments which posted a loss of 16 million U.S. dollars for the quarter ended June 30, 2009.

The article focuses on the reaction of investors to the release of the quarterly financial results of computer maker Lenovo Group on August 6, 2009. During the announcement of the small loss incurred by the company, the challenge posed by its plan to switch its focus to emerging markets was emphasized by its chairman. There was a 5.2% increase in the stock of Lenovo by the end of the day. The financial results of the firm are attributed to sales in China.

This article reports on the move of major business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the European-American Business Council, the Information Technology Industry Council and others, to send a letter to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao calling on him to drop an order requiring computer makers to ship personal computers (PCs) pre-loaded with Web-filtering software. The Chinese government has set July 1, 2009 as deadline for computer makers to comply with the order. Computer makers are concerned about the effect of the software on their products.

The author comments on the proposal by the Chinese government to require computer companies that sell computers in the country to install a government-developed software that is designed to block access to pornographic sites by Internet users. Internet experts claim that the software will censor political and religious Web sites and track when Chinese citizens go on the Web. The proposal puts pressure on companies such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Apple and Lenovo. He calls on these computer firms to resist the Chinese government's proposal.

The article reports that some Internet users in China opposed the plan of the government to require computer makers to include the GreenFam-Youth Escort filtering software. The software was developed in order to help parents keep their children away from pornography on the Internet. Foreign industry executives and Internet-freedom advocates asserted that the censorship power of the government could be expanded by the software.

The article reports that computer makers and researchers are evaluating the Green Dam-Youth Escort Internet filtering software developed by Jinhui Computer System Engineering Co. in China. The government has ordered that all computers sold in the country be installed with the Internet filtering software. It is noted that the software has the ability to empower the government to control information accessed by Internet users.

The article reports that Lenovo Group Ltd. is betting that farmers in rural China can help the computer company reap profits. It plans to begin selling a ripped down low cost personal computer (PC) aimed at China's rural population. Priced at between $199 and $399, the PC will include a keyboard and processor, but it will use the customer's television set as a monitor.

Looks at how online sales now account for six percent of Dell Computer Corp.'s orders in China and is becoming a big part of the company's push to shake up the Chinese computer industry the way it did in the United States a decade ago. Review of Dell has continually conquered world computer markets with its pioneering strategy of building computers to order and selling them directly to consumers; Statistics related to Dell's success in China; View of many computer industry experts that Dell's business strategy would not work in China.

Reports on the reaction in China to a book written by a former manager at Microsoft Corp. Details of Juliet Wu's book `Up Against the Wind: Microsoft, IBM, and Me'; Allegations made by Wu in the book about business practices used by Microsoft in China.

Reports that China may replace Taiwan as the world's number three manufacturing site for personal-computer hardware in 2000. Contribution of Taiwan companies to the trend; Projected production increase in China; Factors that attracted computer companies to China.

Looks at the growth of personal computer sales in China. Major computer companies in China that sell personal computers; Number of computer sold in China in 1998; Forecast on the future growth of the market.

Reports that small Chinese makers of personal computers are outperforming big American corporations in China's consumer market. Study issued by the China group of United States-based market research firm International Data Corp. in August 1996; Foreign multinationals' reliance on sales to businesses and the government in China.

Reports on the harsh reality for United States personal computer (PC) makers when braving the market in China, facing smugglers, pirates and unwarranted pressures from the government there in the mid-1990s. How China looks like the promise land for PC makers from afar; Examples of difficult situations including how Compaq Computer Corp. failed to receive $32 million from a distributor for sold machines; How PC makers struggle to make the situation better.

Reports on the reaction of US software companies, entertainment firms and exporters to the US-China pact averting a trade war. Views of industrialists on the implications of the pact; Impact of the agreement on investment in China; Arguments for and against the protection of intellectual rights in China; Past situation and the forthcoming situation regarding China.

Reports that International Business Machines Corp. is aiming to capture the leading share of China's personal computer market.

Informs about Compaq Computer Corp. selling largest number of PCs in China in the second quarter of 1995 surpassing AST Research Inc., according to the findings of marketing research firm Dataquest Incorporated. Performance of International Business Machines Corporation.