[Defiant]

They have no intention of paying for 3G IP, but instead are trying to get just enough of it in so that they can figure out how to do it themselves, then they will graft some useless addition to it, and claim that they invented it. The European cabal led by Nokia is desperate to keep Qualcomm and its allies from getting the China market, and China is great at playing the two sides against each other to get special treatment.

[Ooh-Ah]

See also:
Foreign Venture Firms Hit China Wall

[pttttt]

Well said. Such "standards" are a classic way for an government to extort technology transfer through regulatory policy.

And the CCP hasn't backed off yet. See http://www.hkchcc.org/technology.htm.