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since late last year about a Beijing requirement that all Wi-Fi, or wireless computing, gear sold in China incorporate a locally designed data encryption technology to which only 24 Chinese companies have access.(I'm sure hutchison whampoa ie.....The Chinese Red army....is on that list.)

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More on the opposition to the rule, from the Journal: "Last week, three senior U.S. officials -- Secretary of State Colin Powell, Commerce Secretary Don Evans and Trade Representative Robert Zoellick -- said in a letter to Chinese leaders that the encryption rule is 'inconsistent' with China's World Trade Organization commitments and 'will impose a significant new burden on both foreign and Chinese domestic suppliers.' ... If a technical solution isn't found and China goes through with its plan to impose the requirement by June 1, Intel will still be able to sell other microprocessors that don't include wireless-data techniques in China. But Centrino processors and chipsets are central to Intel's current lineup of products."

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since late last year about a Beijing requirement that all Wi-Fi, or wireless computing, gear sold in China incorporate a locally designed data encryption technology to which only 24 Chinese companies have access.(I'm sure hutchison whampoa ie.....The Chinese Red army....is on that list.)

from http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/01/06/HNchinawlan_1.html?networking

Initially, the rights to license WAPI were granted to 11 Chinese companies: Legend Group Ltd., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Shenzhen Mingwah Aohan High Technology Co. Ltd., Wuxi Jiangnan Computer Technology Research Institute, Shanghai Koal Software Co. Ltd., Shenzhen ZTE IC Design Co. Ltd., SDT Telecom Group, Chengdu Westone Information Industry Co. Ltd., China IWNCOMM Co. Ltd., Shenyang Neusoft Co. Ltd. and Beijing Watch Data System Co. Ltd.

That list has now been expanded to around 20 companies, Li said. The names of the latest companies to be granted licensing rights for WAPI have not yet been made public and will be released at a later date, she said.