"Chinese officials last month told Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov that they may resume buying major Russian weapons systems after a break of several years." from South China Morning Post

"China's lack of foreign military bases - it has insisted that it will not station troops abroad - limits its ships on long-term missions."

"Police drop iPhone plan" from South China Morning Post

"JIANGSU- Suzhou police have suspended a plan to buy iPhone 4s after an online posting about it attracted widespread internet criticism, the Oriental Morning Post reports. The police had planned to buy 32 iPhone 4s for use by officers and said they had lots of advantages over other equipment. A 32 gigabyte iPhone 4 sells for 5,999 yuan on Apple's official website."

"Ericsson China buys Nortel's joint venture for US$50m" from South China Morning Post