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In what might have caught Microsoft off guard by the Chinese authority recently as it released a statement for all public offices not to use the new Windows operating system released by Microsoft last year. 

A statement released on the procurement website states that all laptops, desktops, tablet and personal computer bought for government use are not to install Windows 8. A full explanation for this action is not being released.

                                             

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In a statement released by Microsoft spokesperson:

Microsoft has been working proactively with the Chinese central government procurement center and other government agencies through the evaluation process to ensure that our products and services meet all government procurement requirements, and we'll continue to do so.

Reports reaching the press also states this might be a good time for locally produced Linux operating system. The Linux distro produced by the Chinese locals have not gained much attention as it said it lacks co-operation of hardware manufacturers to support its local made linux distro software.

The ban might also have come with Microsoft ending its support for the Microsoft Xp which was said is used by 70% of the government sector in China. Software major companies have decided to help prevent users in China against hackers or vulnerabilities. 

The ban is said not to affect personal computers in China.

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The USA secretary of state in a telephone call yesterday said. 

The United States sees China’s introduction of an oil rig and several vessels in waters disputed with Vietnam as “provocative," US Secretary of State John Kerry told China’s foreign minister.

Speaking  at a conference in Washington on Monday, he said all nations engaged in navigation and traffic on the South China and East China Seas are deeply concerned about China's aggressive actions.

He also said:

We want to see a code of conduct; we want to see this resolved peacefully through the law of the sea, through arbitration, through any other means but not direct confrontation and aggressive action,” Kerry said before a meeting at the State Department with Singapore’s Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam.

              

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He also urged both Chinese and Vietnamese government to resolve all dispute in accordance with International law.  

Viet Nam had demanded that the Chinese pull back its oil rig from its territory, but the Chinese refused saying it belongs to China. 

Anna Paul reporting for Doy News.

 

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