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First official Apple Store in Hong Kong to open September 24

, Sep 5th 2011 Discuss [1]

Apple's first official retail store in Hong Kong will be opening on September 24. The new flagship Apple retail center is being constructed inside Hong Kong's high-profile International Finance Center (IFC), which is a waterfront commercial development with a four-story shopping center of more than 200 premium brand stores. Read The Full Story

WikiLeaks documents show Apple’s battle with Chinese piracy

, Aug 30th 2011 Discuss [4]

It's been a long time since we heard anything from WikiLeaks. Some recently leaked documents have outlined some of the methods that Apple has taken to stomp out piracy over the years in China. The document is a cable from the Beijing embassy that shows Apple formed a team in March 2008 to fight piracy inside the country. The sheer scale of the piracy has only come to light recently when it was noted that entire Apple Stores were being pirated. Read The Full Story

Chinese geeks buy more PCs than Americans do

, Aug 24th 2011 Discuss [3]

We know that sales of the typical sort of notebooks, netbooks, and desktop computers are sagging while the sale of tablets is booming in the US and other parts of the world. The numbers look good for PC shipments in part because tablets are figured into those figures. IDC has announced that in Q2 2011 Chinese consumers purchased more PCs than Americans did. We also mentioned not long ago that Apple had passed Lenovo for the top spot in sales inside China. Read The Full Story

Apple surpasses Lenovo in greater China sales

, Aug 22nd 2011 Discuss [2]

For the first time, Apple's sales in greater China have surpassed that of Lenovo, which has been a reigning heavyweight in the region and has also been hailed the fastest growing company in the PC industry for the past seven quarters. Although analysts have been suspecting that Apple's sales would overtake Lenovo in China, it wasn't until Q2 2011 reports were confirmed for both companies that revealed this to indeed be the case. Read The Full Story

China praises British Prime Minister’s plan to censor the web

, Aug 16th 2011 Discuss [13]

Here in the US much of our beliefs and culture are based on the notion that all should have unfettered access to the internet and other news sources without censorship of any sort. The practice of censoring the web and other news in China is one of the things that many in the US think China needs to change the most. In England, the country is facing some of the worst rioting it has ever seen and the government seems to have no idea how to stop it. Read The Full Story

Another Extravagantly Fake Apple Store In China

, Aug 15th 2011 Discuss [2]

There's certainly an abundance of knock-off Apple products and fake Apple stores throughout the world, but perhaps one of the most extravagant is this two-story standalone retail location in Zhongshan, China. The store doesn't attempt to use the full "Apple Store" name and is instead called "Sinzd." But, it does copy the aesthetic and proudly displays the Apple logo and is packed with questionable Apple products. Read The Full Story

Faux Apple Store changes name to Smart Store

, Aug 15th 2011 Discuss [0]

Over the last few weeks, there have been a lot of photos that have surfaced of some convincing fake Apple Stores in China. There were numerous stores in Kunming that were not official Apple Stores, but some of them really looked like the real thing and some of the workers even though they worked for Apple. One of the most convincing actually sold real Apple products. Read The Full Story

Russian Tank Constructed in China for Theme Park in Mongolia

, Aug 14th 2011 Discuss [1]

While some call it a copy of the Russian T62, others note that it appears more likely that the maker of this monster saw a Panzer II tank and copied it complete with an M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun on a completely new looking turret. Regardless, this is a gigantic war tank created by a civilian by the name of Hao JinXi whose private manufacturing enterprise specializes in the production of a certain single type of tourist train. Why on earth he decided to drop 800,000 Japanese yuans (something like $9,400 USD) on a completely newly manufactured version of an out-of-use tank is quite simple. Read The Full Story

54 Chinese bullet trains recalled for safety reasons

, Aug 12th 2011 Discuss [0]

It hasn't been long since China saw one of the worst rail disasters in the history of the super fast bullet trains that crisscross the country. Two of the hi-speed trains collided killing about 40 people. The tragedy triggered what some say is an unusual wave of critical coverage in the media and public fury. The accident also resulted in a freeze of new approvals for rail projects in China. Read The Full Story

China Discovers 22 More Fake Apple Stores

, Aug 11th 2011 Discuss [6]

Remember the fake Apple store discovered in Kunming, China that sparked a firestorm of media attention back in July? Well, there are plenty more like it throughout the country and in recent weeks Chinese authorities have been tracking them down. China's Administration for Industry and Commerce in Yunnan have discovered at least 22 more unauthorized Apple stores that it has ordered to stop using Apple's logo. Read The Full Story

HTC teams up with Unionpay in China for smartphone with mobile payment capability

, Aug 10th 2011 Discuss [0]

HTC and China Unionpay have announced that HTC will have a new smartphone on the Chinese market as early as September that supports mobile payments. Unionpay is the only bankcard processing service in China. HTC and Unionpay have reportedly been working together on the mobile payments for about six months. Read The Full Story

Adidas Punching Bag in Shanghai Subway Station [Video]

, Aug 9th 2011 Discuss [0]

It's a great day for those that like to blow off steam in public as Adidas has dropped several gigantic punching bags in the center of several Shanghai subway stations for all to fight with. Adidas is promoting the bags as "the first advertisement in history that you can kick, punch, and trample at will" [translated] and each bag is indeed available for the massacring by you and I in the stations as we speak. Reports of a general increase in concern over stress and fitness in China make this campaign a perfect fit. Will it change the world? Probably not. Will I kick it? Yes. Read The Full Story
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