The latter's rise came after announcing it is to buy a Chinese maker of generic injectable antibiotics as part of a drive to increase sales in emerging markets.

Cisco Systems Inc. said on Wednesday that it had agreed to suspend its patent infringement lawsuit against Huawei Technologies, a Chinese maker of telecommunications and network equipment.

Cisco had contended in the suit that the Chinese maker of telecommunications and network equipment infringed numerous patents held by Cisco and illegally copied its software source code and documentation.

Cisco Systems said yesterday that it had agreed to dismiss its patent infringement lawsuit against the 3Com Corporation and Huawei, a Chinese maker of computer networking equipment.

If I am a Chinese maker of $5 toy electric organs, cost matters more than leakage or size.

Courting Chinese makers has been largely taboo in Japan, where manufacturers like Sony and Panasonic have long tried to delay the transition of their technologies into cheap commodities.

The Chinese maker has been attempting to patent the same technology and alleged improvements.

When one of the biggest Chinese makers of television sets and its distributor in the United States run into financial trouble, should American consumers worry?

TCL, the other large Chinese maker, has not had problems in the United States.

Chinese makers like Geely and Chery and Indian manufacturers like Maruti are strongest in producing no-frills cars and light trucks.