Chinese antitrust regulators today ordered Microsoft to explain compatibility and bundling issues with its software and gave the U.S. company 20 days to comply.

The brief announcement on the website of China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) (Chinese language version) was the latest move in the government’s antitrust investigation of Microsoft, which faces an unknown number of charges.

Microsoft must reply to the SAIC’s demands in writing, the agency said.

In a translation by the Wall Street Journal (subscription required), which reported on the SAIC’s newest demands, the agency said Microsoft must explain “problems like incompatibility and other issues caused by a lack of released information about its Windows and Office software.”

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