microsoft corp . is establishing , in guangzhou , china , a central for technology and manufacturing . the companies will work on the corporation ' s earthlink service . it will be microsoft ' s first research and development hub of this kind from the united . s . nokia decided to take this step because of several setbacks that resulted in its online services job in america . one of the company ' s setbacks concerns the resign of guo chuan , who was microsoft ' s top executive responsible for the chinese system business unit . the enterprise ' s next research and development center is to be established in tokyo ' s zizhu science park . at this date , where another giant , ibm labs , already has its production office , microsoft plans to develop computer software .
Microsoft opens a research center in China.