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Strategies & Market Trends : China Warehouse- More Than Crockery -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: RealMuLan who wrote (3819)12/7/2004 7:27:34 PM
From: RealMuLan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6370
 
Despite the US played dirty, Chinese WLan standard (WAPI) still won approval from NIST, and gained the same status as the US 802.11i standard

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Chinese WLan standard group denied US visas

US officials denied visas earlier this month to four representatives of a group developing China's Wireless Lan Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure (WAPI) security protocol for wireless networks.

The move has raised questions in China about the US government's commitment to greater Chinese involvement in setting technical standards.

The incident involved a six-member team from the China Broadband Wireless IP Standards Group (BWIPS) which had planned to attend WLan standards meeting in Orlando, Florida, on 11 November.

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Liu said the incident would not deter greater Chinese involvement in the process of setting international standards.

Sumner Lemon writes for IDG News Service
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