Reuters inform: “Research In Motion Ltd. has won permission to sell its BlackBerry device in China after eight years of effort, the Globe and Mail newspaper said on Wednesday. After several delays, the Canadian technology company won approval last month from the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry to sell its handsets, the newspaper said.”

“The Waterloo, Ontario-based company expects to start selling its 8700g handset in Chinese shops at the end of next month, a manager in RIM’s Beijing office is quoted in the story as saying.”