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Mobile pornography sites are cheap to set up in China, with the use of WAP wireless network. The already outdated mobile network standard is still widely used in China. These WAP standard pornography sites only need 200 yuan (US$31) to build, and the server hosting fees only cost as little as 500 yuan (US$78) per year, which offer by numerous Chinese web hosting companies. It’s a growing issue in the country, as nowaday more young kids own their cellphones, and they can recevied spam SMS that could lure them to these pornography websites …
Names like KFG, MFC, DFC are our previous discovery on Shanzhai KFC in China, and this trend never end. Recently, a Weibo user photographed another Shanzhai KFC in Beijing which named “OFC” and featured a picture of President Obama wearing a Colonel Sanders-style bowtie on the banner.
Looks like there are thousands of ways to smuggle cell phones from Hong Kong to China. Previously we have iPad transported in the air, now we have 345 mobile phones hiding inside some household gas cylinders. Hong Kong and China run independent legal and taxation systems, and smugglers in China often try to get goods from the former British colony to make a profit on the lower prices …
The cute little device you see pictured above looks very similar to Sony’s befuddling Rolly (an egg-shaped digital robotic music player). It’s hard to describe it in words, so head past the break to see it in action. You will be amazed.
China launched its first space laboratory module Tiangong 1, which means “Heavenly Palace” in Chinese, today on a critical test flight to demonstrate the vital docking technology required for a future space station, and opening a new chapter in an increasingly international space effort. The space module is sent into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, at 9:16 p.m. local time. Video after the break.
Looking for a 7-inch form factor tablet? The Lenovo A1 is probably the perfect companion you are looking for. We previously introduced Lenovo’s 7-inch tablet to you guys, and today, this little tablet surprisingly starts at just 1,000 yuan ($156) in China. It’s really appealing.
Previously we have Plants vs Zombies from PopCap, Angry birds from Rovio, now the famous fruit-slash casual mobile game is being wrapped up and shipped to China too. Halfbrick Studio, the company behind the top-selling casual game Fruit Ninja has partnered with China Mobile, the world’s largest operator by user base to bring a China market tailored version of its sensational hit Fruit Ninja to the mobile market of China. The Chinese edtion, according to official, will be synchronized with the game’s current version in Apple Store, which will 5 updates ahead of the pirate version. China mobile games’ market is huge and we can forsee there will be more games tailor made for the Chinese !
The very first Apple store has finally landed in Hong Kong. The store was opened on Saturday and we had attended the opening ceremony. Thousands of fans have poured in, enthusiasts had camped out over 30 hours to secure a place at the head of the line and be among the first to walk-in to the first Apple store in town. They were greeted with high fives and chants of ” Apple, Apple ! ” by the blue shirt employees. We had a live coverage report yesterday, and we had captured all the special moment and behind the scene, photo gallery after the break !
As what we had mentioned in our previous post, this is the first time that MacWorld held in China. The show had already ran for two days, and tomorrow is the final day. And we had spotted some classic Apple products in MacWorld Asia, giving the folks in China a chance to have a glimpse of the Apple history. A video and more photos after the break…
The U.S. electronic retailer giant Best Buy just like other companies, they are focusing on the Chinese market more than ever. The company announced plan for strike back to the China. It is definitely not going to be easy since it closed nine of its stores in China in February.
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