the game is going into its next round:

The unusual appeal by the cabinet-level officers, coupled with Intel's announcement that it will not meet China's deadline, signals that the United States government sees the WAPI as just a part of a broad range of trade issues Furthermore, the Chinese wireless standard, if China prevails with it, could start a precedent of China setting exclusive standards in DVD and cellphone technology. (nyt/winer)

In recognition that WAPI is not ready for prime time, the SAC also announced a grace period for implementation lasting until June 1, 2004. During the grace period, non-compliant products imported or manufactured under “valid” contracts signed before December 1, 2003, may be sold in China. In addition, SAC announced that relevant local authorities “will arrange random inspections” only after June 1 of next this year. (pulseonline)

there is a nice quote from bruce schneier on the topic

If the Chinese government wanted crappy security, they would use what's there now. (eetimes)

i really like the chinese version of the standardization administration and i can understand by the url where the links lead to, but it's a pitty, nada más. the english version doesn't tell a lot

General Administration of Quality Supervision , Inspection and Quarantine approved the following 0 national standards and publicize now. 2004-2-13

y yo no veo nada.

anyhow, looking through older standardization prozesses is interesting. whatever it means: log inspection goes back to 1958. "Industrial screens Designation and nominal sizes of apertures", 1989. what's the use of "Electric power cable paper"??