2011
Chinese retailers hijack the Ikea experience
(via)KUNMING, China (Reuters) – Nestled in a sleepy southern district of Kunming city in southwest China, is a 10,000 square meter, four-story building that could make Swedish furniture giant Ikea uneasy.
Chinese manufacturers reportedly using Apple-rejected displays for iPad clones
(via)Asian industry sources have suggested that second-grade touch panels that don’t pass Apple’s quality standards for the iPad 2 are making their way into Chinese “white-box” iPad clones, according to a new report.
2010
Apple Has Lost 3 iPhones. Is It Losing Control, Too?
(via)Apple has lost not one, but three prototype iPhones in the past year. That’s a perplexing development for a company that is famously tight with security.
2009
Chinese waitress walks free after killing official
(via)BEIJING (AFP) - - A Chinese waitress convicted of killing an official who demanded sex walked free from court Tuesday, after a nationwide Internet campaign hailed her as a heroine for standing up to government sleaze.
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