] China agreed on Wednesday to give up a plan to impose
] its own standard for wireless technology, essentially
] agreeing to join the rest of the world rather than
] dividing it up.

I think this is good news though I'm not sure of what all
issues are involved. Is this really a trade thing or is it a
key-escrow sort of thing? It would be totally assinine for China
to deploy non-standards to create an entry-barrier for foreign
electronics...