Microsoft to Sell Surface Tablet Computer in China Without Delay

Microsoft Corp. will offer its Surface tablet in China starting Oct. 26, the initial day of global sales for the device, as the company uses its first computer to challenge the dominance of Apple Inc.’s iPad.

There’s “no delay” for Surface in the China market, Ralph Haupter, Microsoft’s chief executive officer for the region, told Bloomberg News in Shanghai today. Apple’s newest iPad wasn’t sold in China until four months after the U.S.