The Xbox 360 will launch in China in 2006

From
TeamXbox: "Tim Chen, chief executive of Microsoft China, revealed in an interview with Reuters that Microsoft plans to start selling the Xbox 360 in China next year (along with other [sic] eight territories) but stressed that the timing of its launch was not set in stone."

It's nice to know that the mainland will be joining at least
Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan,
Mexico, and Colombia in welcoming the 360 with open arms (and large wallets, though nothing's "set in stone") next year.

How long did it take Sony to release the PS2 over there? Three or four years? This isn't too shabby considering that the closest the original Xbox got to China was its
"special administrative region," otherwise known as Hong Kong. (Of course, we have to wonder if MS meant Hong Kong for the 360 announcement in the first place.)