Intel's CEO will be in Beijing later this week; says Intel still opposed to WAPI: Intel continues to say that it cannot offer WAPI, a Chinese proprietary Wi-Fi encryption standard controlled by a handful of state-appointed businesses, as part of Centrino by June 1, but hasn't ruled out later support. Barrett could address this during his trip, but the article gives no indications. Intel doesn't want to have to share its intellectual property as part of the process as demanded by the Chinese regulations.
You could read this as backpedaling from earlier statements, except that Barrett reiterates wanting to stick with internationally accepted common standards.
Meanwhile, Information Week notes that China's WTO membership could be an issue with their Wi-Fi stance: If China wants the benefits of WTO membership, they have to play by WTO rules. The author also suggests that China should engage the IEEE on the issues if they want changes. A quick look at the January 2004 interim meeting of the IEEE 802.11 working group (minutes in PDF format) shows no ".cn" email addresses and no easily recognizable mainland China firms attending.