I have configured an Android application to use the in-app billing module as documented at: http://developer.android.com/guide/market/billing/index.html
It works fin
In order to close this thread - the solution that I eventually wound up deploying was one provided by TEK. I procured some prepaid credit cards and attached them to test accounts. It mitigated risk and allowed for our developers to use the accounts.
I should point out that the developers in China also had to VPN out of China in order to pull the market billing dialog up.
iPhone developers/users do not have the VPN problem at all.
Thanks, Kaiesh