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The numbers of frequent online shoppers in China is double that of the United States and the UK, and is even four times of the European consumer, according to a global leading accounting firm. The survey was conducted by interviewing 7,005 people between August and September last year, including Chinese consumer’s shopping habits. Around 70 percent of the Chinese made purchases on e-commerce websites at least once every week compared to 40 percent in the United States and the UK, and 20 percent in the Netherlands, Switzerland and France …
A report from New York Times suggests a graduate from China’s Sichuan University and also an employee of Chinese internet firm Tencent could be the hacker who attacked a number of websites belonging to Japanese and Indian companies, as well as Tibetan independence activists. The article cited a report from Trend Micro (PDF link), a Tokyo-based computer security company, which has announced the results of a yearlong effort to trace a malicious cyber attack aimed at stealing information from hundreds of companies and individuals in a number of countries …
A total of 1,500 kilograms of gold could be salvaged from cell phones thrown away in China each year. Approximately 400 million mobile phones in the world are discarded every year, 100 million of which come from Chinese users. A recent report showed that 150 grams of gold, 100 kg of copper and 3kg of silver can be withdrawn from one ton of discarded cell phones. But only an estimated 3 percent of unused mobile phones are recycled worldwide, and the figure is only 1 percent in China. Dumping cell phones can cause serious damage to the environment. A cell phone battery, for example, can polluted up to 60,000 liters of water. To protect our planet, manufacturers, dealers and consumers should be participate the recycling of cell phones. Nokia has already collected 160 tones of unused phones and related accessories between the year 2005 till 2011.
There are so much news from China that passes by that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Here are the Chinese tech news that have left behind because we are just too busy, there are stories on HTC China retails, Nvidia cheap tablet, Foxconn owning Sharp company and so on, check them out after the break. Video for this week: a young American entrepreneur explains how his craft beer business is booming in Beijing … Hope everyone have enjoyed your weekend and a fresh start to your week.
Every spring season in Dongyang city, at Zhejiang province, the urine of young boys is collected from primary school and used to cook eggs. The eggs are soaked in the urine and then boiled. After it is cooked, the eggs will be crack and continue to simmer them for hours, to absorb all that uric acid. Vendors say it takes an entire day to make the delicacy. Each egg will sell for 1.50 yuan ($0.24). Eggs that soaked in boys’ urine is a part of the region’s intangible cultural heritage, it is said that eating these eggs will decrease your body heat and serve better blood circulation. The vendor said he has been making the pee-soaked snacks for more than 20 years, it is popular due to its fresh and salty taste …
Leading Chinese microblogging platforms Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo have temporarily stopped users from posting comments. The two companies announced today that they have temporarily suspended comment function in order to clean up rumors, while authorities have arrested six people for spreading rumors of a military incident in Beijing, following the sacking of the Chongqing’s mayer. 16 other websites have also been shut down, showing the government’s determination to control discussion about the recent political disturbance …
Due to better manufacturing technology and the use of Google’s Android operating system, the price of smartphone are getting cheaper in China, but it has also invited hackers and viruses. The market share of low-cost smartphones, costing around 1,000 yuan (US$158), grew from 29.7 percent last quarter to 39.2 percent this quarter, according to a market research company in Beijing. Most users of low-end smartphones are less likely to be well-versed in the technology required to protect the information which store inside their phone, providing information thieves with points of hacking into their systems …
YouTube, the most popular video-sharing web site is now accessible in China. Several sources from SINA Weibo, the nation most influential micro-blogging service, has reported that YouTube is partially accessible without using any VPN service. Chinese internet user can access and search any video from YouTube, including politically sensitive content. But not every video can be played successfully. Could it mean that Google itself–not Google China–is cooperating with Chinese authorities ?
John Chambers, chairman and chief executive officer of Cisco Systems Inc, has met some Chinese officer yesterday in Beijing. Looks like all the famous tech CEOs are gathering in China right now. First we have Tim Cook from Apple, later Mark Zuckerberg, Nokia CEO StephenElop all having some business to do in China within these few days …
One of the new HTC “Dragon” series Android handsets is going to release soon in China market. The new HTC T328w has popped up over at the Chinese wireless approvals website, which means it has obtained authorise license for sale. The new Taiwannese smartphone features a 4 inch Super LCD WVGA display and dual-SIM slot. It runs Android 4.0 with Sense 4.0 user interface, power by 1 GHz single-core processor, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal memory. Other specification includes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, Beats Audio, 5MP rear camera, MicroSD card support and a 1,650 mAh battery. It should cost 1,999 Chinese yuan (US$316) only, with contract plan, pretty cheap and affordable for an ICS handset. The Chinese love dual-SIM function, Samsung has also rolled out a dual SIM Galaxy S II just for the Chinese market. It seem there is not much chance for the HTC T328w to release outside China.
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