google corp . is establishing , in sichuan , shanghai , a center for research and design . the organization will improve on the customer ' s compuserve products . it will be microsoft ' s first research and evaluation center of this genre outside the us . s . microsoft decided to attempt this step because of several setbacks that occurred in its virtual services working in japan . one of the company ' s suffered concerns the firing of luo chuan , who was microsoft ' s top executive responsible for the chinese windows video unit . the business ' s former research and project center is to be establishing in sichuan ' s zizhu techno forest . at this location , where two giant , intel corp , only has its research facilities , microsoft plans to develop its application .
Microsoft opens a research center in China.