BREAKING: Apple Cancels iPhone 4S Launch in Beijing After Fight Breaks Out Between Scalpers

By Chris Chang, posted January 12, 2012 at 7:00 PM, 12,352 views

Lines outside the Apple store in Beijing’s Sanlitun district show no signs of shortening, causing frustration for the thousands of fans and scalpers desperate to get their hands on the iPhone 4S. Now some of that disappointment is turning to anger, with reports of fights breaking out between gangs of scalpers, and guess what, Beijing SWAT teams arrived. So, the Apple store employees later announced that the launch of iPhone 4S is cancelled at the Apple’s flagship store in Beijing, and all scalpers are pissed.

UPDATE: More info, photos, and video.

Herman Lai contributed to this report.

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Gang of Red Cap Scalpers Crushes Shanghai Apple Store for iPhone 4S Launch (video!)

By Chris Chang, posted January 12, 2012 at 12:45 PM, 4,888 views

OMFG. Huge lines for the iPhone 4S are seen at all five Apple stores in China, and in the Beijing Apple store, we see hundreds of queuers with red caps getting ready to buy the iPhone 4S to resell later at a profit. A lot of photos and video after the break.

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Apple’s Best Red Friday Deals in China, Right Here

By Chris Chang, posted January 5, 2012 at 9:55 PM, 537 views

When I say “best,” I mean, “the best deal you can hope for is RMB 770 off a MacBook Air or iMac.” Really, you’d be better off tapping the Apple store app to buy your iGadget. Or do as I do, and hoodwink an Apple employee friend into doing your dirty work for you. Nonetheless, all the Apple China Red Friday dealz, below:

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Most Awesome Animated News of 2011

By Herman Lai, posted December 29, 2011 at 5:44 PM, 1,231 views

Since 2010, we are very keen on animated news that are produced by the Taiwanese news video production company Next Media. We are glad that the animations had brought us with lots of pleasure. So, we decided to continue like what we did last year to pick the best animated news of 2011. You will love them very much.

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Meizu Hong Kong Store Is Getting Ready For Opening

By Herman Lai, posted December 12, 2011 at 5:59 AM, 760 views

That’s the Meizu flagship store in Hong Kong! And it is going to open very soon. What’s more? The photos will explain after the break.

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Scalpers Selling iPhone 4S Outside Beijing Apple Store

By Chris Chang, posted November 15, 2011 at 9:13 PM, 1,526 views

Apple has as yet to launch its new iPhone 4S in China, but the device is already selling by scalpers outside the Beijing Apple store at whopping prices of up to about US$1,100, and Apple is trying to tell customers: DO NOT BUY the iPhone 4S from these scalpers.

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Exclusive: Police, Scalpers, and Users Clash at Hong Kong Apple Store for iPhone 4S (video)

By Herman Lai, posted November 9, 2011 at 5:45 PM, 6,107 views

Apple announced iPhone 4S will be available in Hong Kong IFC Apple store at 7 am this Friday, and the news had triggered at least four hundreds of people queued up from yesterday morning. But things went ugly outside the Apple store. At around 7-8 tonight, dozens of polices were ordered to evacuate the crowd of queuers. The situation was chaotic, people everywhere, most of them don’t know where to go. Full coverage after the break…

UPDATE: 3000 People gathered outside the Hong Kong Apple store, but Apple only allow 1,250 people to queue up…

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iPhone 4S Selling At Crazy Prices in Hong Kong, Thousands line up for Cheaper iPhone 4

By Chris Chang, posted October 15, 2011 at 4:23 PM, 23,389 views

Apple did not announce an official release date for the iPhone 4S in Hong Kong and China, but residents can buy them at retail – for a premium, just one day after the 4S launches in the U.S. You will be shocked, a 16GB model (no-contract, unlocked) costs $10,500 Hong Kong Dollars (around $1350) in the gray market, that’s about twice the U.S. price!!! And we discovered that over a thousand people waited in line for cheaper iPhone 4 in Hong Kong Apple store, and sold it at higher price. Video after the break.

UPDATE: More info and photos.

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Tim Cook: Shanghai Apple Store Welcomed 100,000 visitors on Opening Weekend

By Chris Chang, posted October 4, 2011 at 1:43 PM, 975 views

At the beginning of the “Let’s talk iPhone” event, Tim Cook specially focused on the new Apple stores in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Here’s what he said:

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Hong Kong Apple Store: Everything You Need to Know (with video!)

By Steve Lo, posted October 1, 2011 at 4:38 AM, 3,816 views

From the realm of sci-fi to Steve Jobs’ glass staircase: The Hong Kong Apple Store is official. Where is it? What does it look like? How will the store affect the city’s “gray market” for Apple products? Here’s everything you need to know about Apple’s newest Apple Store in Asia, all in one place. And trot past the break for a video of the Apple store grand opening.

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