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China denies Matsushita phone ban over Taiwan gaffe

Analysts consider an about-face by Beijing as an effort to head off what might be a public relations embarrassment for China as it hosts APEC meetings this weekend and prepares for WTO entry

BLOOMBERG , BEIJING

The company apologized to China and dumped the Republic of China reference from its phones in August, after a customer complaint a month earlier triggered the controversy.

Among the other sanctions discussed was barring Matsushita phones from access to China's mobile phone network, the world's largest, the China Daily reported.

Because of the way mobile phones operate, that might be difficult, analysts said.

"I don't know any way they could do that," said Sage Brennan, who analyzes China's cell phone industry for BDA Associates, a Beijing consulting company.

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