So Much News in China… #009

Why Foxconn Worker
Hates Making iPhones

Tim Cook Visits China

Underpaid Foxconn Workers Go On Strike

Microsoft Launches
Windows Phone in China

Fake Android Store
Spotted in China

Angry Birds Space
Launch Event in
Hong Kong

By Star Chang, posted Aug 21, 2011 at 2:16 PM, 632 views,

So Much News in China… #009

Forget Kinect, move your body to this new iOS’ game from China !

When it comes to the weekend, things appear to be going pretty well for you, but at least a question may flash through your mind — what news I’ve missed when I’m out enjoying the summer weather all week? Or maybe you’re heading to Best Buy for the weekend and try your luck to get yourself a $99 TouchPad, but failed to catch up this week’s tech stories in China. Well, we’ve got you covered, here are the news you should not miss!

A Beijing-based developer has introduced a detect motions game for iOS (TechRice). Will this be the Kinect for iPad and iPhone ?

Huawei’s $80 android phone sells like hotcakes in Kenya (Singularity Hub). Huawei certainly is the king of making cheap smartphone for developing countries.

Baidu was helping fake Chinese companies to run ads (DigiCha). The China Central Television has accused China’s search giant Baidu of allowing fraudulent websites to appear within its promoted links.

Tudou, one of the largest video websites in China, has finally got IPO (TechNode). The company went public and raising $146 million with an offering of 6 million American depositary.

Weibo may never make money in China (Techcrunch). An analysis report on the two biggest microblogging services in China.

Apple negotiating with China Mobile for the up coming new iPhone (Reuters). The China mobile operator claimed that they have met with Steve Jobs on introducing an iPhone based on its network standard.

Lenovo net income rises in Q1 earnings report (Bloomberg). China’s biggest PC maker, reported first-quarter profit almost doubled, beating analysts’ estimates.

Millions of Chinese mobile phones affected by viruses (ChinaTechNews). The Android and Symbian operating systems were the most affected mobile platforms in China.

Foxconn’s Henan plant has more than 50,000 workers (Chinanews — Chinese translated). The new plant which has just opened last year produced nearly US$1.8 billion in exports !

China authorities want to ban the sale of VPN on Taobao ? (Penn Olson) China’s biggest e-commerce platforms is banning the sale of VPNs and IP proxies, look like climbing Great Firewall in China are getting tougher.