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Beijing’s Third Apple Store Confirmed Landing in Wangfujing, Will Open Later This Month

Chris Chang, Oct 12, 2012 12:11 PM, 2,065 views, 1 Comment »,

Great news for Apple fans in Beijing: Apple will be launching its largest flagship store in Asia at Beijing’s iconic Wangfujing Street. According to our sources, the store will be a massive one, sporting a gigantic glass display and a wide-open space. And one more thing, it might be open for China’s new iPhone 5 launch. We have several photos of the new retail under construction after the break.

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Sexy Flash Mob for WOW Pandaren in Beijing (Video)

Star Chang, Oct 2, 2012 4:18 PM, 2,579 views, Got something to say ?,

The company behind a leading online multiplayer role-playing game, World of Warcraft, has just globally released its fourth expansion pack — Mists of Pandaria. The company’s latest bet is an enigmatic type of character, the Pandaren — a humanoid race resembling Chinese pandas that practice martial arts. The new characters were inspired by kung fu for sure and Chinese martial arts are always great for video games. A flash mob has taken place in Beijing city last week to promote the game for Chinese gamers. 30 charming young girls dress up in sexy kungfu attire and wearing a silly panda hat, were dancing like those cutie Japanese girl bands at several location in Beijing. Well, this kind of marketing hypes can always catch extra attention in China, but a flash mob is usually not applied to an events for the purposes of publicity stunts that involve PR firms …

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Anti-Japan Protests Go Violent in China (Video)

Star Chang, Sep 16, 2012 12:18 AM, 2,503 views, 14 Comments »,

[UPDATE: Shenzhen protests went out of control ! ] Yesterday, anti-Japan protests has hit China violently in more than 50 cities. Thousands of Chinese protesters hurled bottles and eggs outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing amid growing tensions between the two nations over a group of disputed islands. Waving Chinese national flags and holding portraits of the late Chairman Mao Zedong, the mostly young protesters chanted “down with Japanese imperialism” and called for war as they made their way down the streets under the watchful eyes of police and guards. Authorities rarely permit any form of protests in China, prompting suspicion that the nationwide rallies were government-sanctioned …

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iPhone 5 Sells at Mark-up Price for $1,500 in Beijing China

Star Chang, Sep 13, 2012 6:33 PM, 7,122 views, 2 Comments »,

iPhone 5 has only officially unveiled yesterday, yet grey market’s retailer are already taking pre-orders for the newly launched Apple’s handset. Grey markets and PC shopping malls across China are preparing to sell the iPhone 5 on the 21st of September, which is the global launch date. Smugglers are already planning to bring in the new iPhone via Hong Kong on the day of release, so consumer in mainland China could get the new phone without having to wait several months for the official China launch. Retailers from the grey market are preparing to sell the iPhone 5 for 10,000 yuan (US$1500) during the first arrival, the cheapest 16 GB unlocked version will be selling for about 4,572 yuan (US$720) in Hong Kong, that’s about a 100 percent mark-up …

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Portraits of the Chinese and Their Possessions

Star Chang, Sep 10, 2012 4:45 PM, 2,490 views, Got something to say ?,

A Chinese photographer from Beijing has created a set of interesting pictures showing Chinese people standing in front of their homes, surrounded by all of their worldly possessions. They are starkly intimate portraits of lives in a country getting rich fast, but one where hundreds of millions still struggle to get by. The link between people and their possessions is apt, while China is getting richer — though that’s perhaps not the first thing a viewer sees in the pictures, the photographer just focus on ordinary people who don’t seem to own much …

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Western Artist Recreates Communist Tank with Toys and Android Robot

Star Chang, Sep 10, 2012 1:51 PM, 390 views, Got something to say ?,

An artist recently completed this mural in Cologne, Germany to point out the human rights violations in China. The interesting mural is reminiscent of a photo that was taken during the massacre at the Tiananmen Square in 1989. The Chinese tank is now filled with colorful toys to show some kind of joy and happiness. There is still a Chinese man trying to block the tank, with ‘FAIR TRADE’ plastic bags on his hand. Surprisingly, we found the famous Android green robot inside the tank. What is the artist trying to hint ? Cheap Android phones are everywhere in China now ? And there is also some knockoff Macbook sticking on it … Two more pictures after the break. And we just hope the authorities will not ban any search term on ‘Germany’ for this artwork.

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The Secret of Banning Ferrari Online Search in China

Star Chang, Sep 10, 2012 1:30 PM, 1,761 views, Got something to say ?,

The son of a Chinese government official was killed in a Ferrari crashed accident earlier this year. The authorities have been trying to block every single details about the accident, going so far as to block the search terms “Ferrari” on Chinese social network. Details of the March accident in Beijing, which allegedly also injured two young women, have stayed under wraps in China but are leaking out via media in Hong Kong. The South China Morning Post cited an unnamed official in Beijing as confirming that Ling Gu, the son of a loyal aide to President Hu Jintao, was the person killed in the Ferrari accident. The report said Ling was half-naked when the crash occurred and his two female passengers were naked or half-dressed, suggesting they had been involved in some kind of high-speed sex game …

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You’ll Soon To See Japanese Super Hero All Over China “Slicing Noodles” (Video)

Herman Lai, Aug 21, 2012 2:02 PM, 1,604 views, 1 Comment »,

What else could a superhero do in real life when there aren’t any aliens or monsters to fight against? Well, they can be a helping hand in the kitchen. Last year, a Chinese cook turned the Japanese famous superhero Ultraman into a slicing machine, which helped him to slice a dough into pieces of Chinese-style noodles. A year later, the maker decided to produce it in large quantities and selling it to other restaurants in China. Check out the video after the break.

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Watch: The Best Moment of Xiaomi Phone 2 Launch Party

Star Chang, Aug 20, 2012 7:27 PM, 745 views, 1 Comment »,

After the unveiling of the Xiaomi Phone 2 last week, we have produced a short video for the best moment on the launching party in Beijing. Part of Xiaomi’s popularity lies in its online community. The fan club have more than 2 million user and have the power to vote out new features of the phone. The enthusiasts’ fans are an important part of Xiaomi’s success, which can be considered quite similar to Apple. We saw how the fanboy/girl from all over the country, came together and support their favorite Xiaomi brand, they’re definitely some of the most loyal user that other smartphone manufacturers wish to have …

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Xiaomi Phone 2 Launch Event Looks Like Apple Keynote with Steve Jobs (Video)

Star Chang, Aug 17, 2012 5:01 PM, 13,066 views, 9 Comments »,

The Xiaomi Phone 2, the high-end Chinese smartphone that aims to challenge Apple’s iPhone’s market share in China, has announced in Beijing on Thusday. Aesthetically similar to Meizu MX 4-core, the new mobile device features Qualcomm latest quad-core chip, 2 GB RAM and 16GB memory, a 4.3-inch 720p IPS display with the highest pixel density, all at a compellingly super low price point at 1999 yuan (US$310, contract free). We have attended the launch party in Beijing, which is considered to be equivalent to Apple’s keynote event. We have round-up all the highlights of the event, click in to find out how the Xiaomi Phone 2 will shake-up the whole smartphone market in China …

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