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China unable to silence Internet buzz on police chief
So it was a surprise to his admirers when Wang was suddenly “seriously indisposed” because of “intense mental stress,” as his city’s information service posted online, after he made a mysterious visit to the U.S. Consulate and was allegedly grabbed by state security agents immediately afterward.
In China, such a person is not likely to be mentioned again in newspapers and television outlets that are either controlled by the state or pressured by it.
Wang’s story didn’t vanish, however. The explosion of Twitter-like micro-blogging services (Twitter is banned in China, along with Facebook and YouTube) has enabled more than 300 million users to transmit the latest news and rumor about Wang.
China does censor social media, but a large volume of content can get through before it is altered or removed by the government. The rise
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Apple factory inspections begin
Feng Li, Getty Images People stand outside an Apple store in Beijing.
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Chinese city seizes iPads in name dispute
The dispute with Shenzhen Proview Technology threatens to complicate Apple’s efforts to sell its popular tablet computer in China, its fastest-growing market.
Investigators started seizing iPads on Thursday in Shijiazhuang, southwest of Beijing, after receiving letters from Shenzhen Proview, said an official of the economic investigation unit of the city’s Xinhua district. He would give only his surname, Wang.
“All the Apple iPads in the big shopping malls and supermarkets have been taken off shelves in Xinhua district,” said Wang. He wouldn’t say how many devices had been seized or the number of retailers affected.
An Apple spokeswoman in Beijing, Carolyn Wu, declined to comment.
Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple has five stores in mainland China — two in Beijing and three in Shanghai — and authorized resellers in other cities. Phone calls to the Beijing and Shanghai commercial bureaus, which enforce trademarks, were not answered.
Shenzhen Proview registered the iPad
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Apple halts iPhone 4S sales in China
Beijing (CNN) — Apple halted sales of its iPhone 4S in Beijing and Shanghai on Friday after scuffles broke out over a delayed launch of the device, sending a shopper hurling eggs at one of its stores in the capital.
Hundreds of devout fans — along with scalpers — braved subfreezing temperatures and camped out overnight, awaiting the phone’s debut near the trendy Sanlitun Village shopping mall in Beijing.
As dawn broke Friday, the mood turned sour when the store’s doors remained shut beyond 7 a.m., when the sale was scheduled to start.
“Open! Open!” people chanted and booed at the employees inside.
After the scuffle, the bad news came via a megaphone that the phone would be unavailable at this Apple Store on its first day of sale. A large contingent of police officers arrived and put yellow tape around the plaza.
Dozens of police and guards slowly pushed people out of the perimeter, dragging away those who resisted, despite their screaming protests.
The tech giant — based in Cupertino, California — said it is halting sales in Beijing and Shanghai for customers’ safety. It launched the iPhone 4S in mainland China on Friday.
“The demand for iPhone 4S has been incredible, and our stores in China have already sold out,” the company said in a statement. “Unfortunately we were unable to open our store at Sanlitun due to the large crowd, and to ensure the safety of our customers and employees, iPhone will not be available in our retail stores in Beijing and Shanghai for the time being.”
Apple has seen phenomenal sales growth in mainland China and opened Asia’s largest Apple Store in Shanghai in September. The company announced in July that its revenue from the Greater China region, which includes Hong Kong and Taiwan, reached $8.8 billion for the first three quarters of the fiscal year, a more than sixfold increase compared with the same period in the previous year.
While many in the crowd criticized Apple for not opening the store when it said it would, others turned nationalistic, blasting the United States in general.
The plaza was soon cleared, leaving iPhone fans standing outside the police tape as a giant screen teased them with Apple commercials.
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