Major Chinese Handsets Fail to Meet China’s Safety Standards

Randy Cheung, Mar 21, 2013 12:18 PM, 441 views, Got something to say ?,

The Zhejiang Provincial Administration for Industry & Commerce of China has announced the result of its spot check for 36 different mobile phones in the market. Twenty-seven of them were unqualified, failing to pass the battery heating test which is one of the critical safety benchmarks. Surprisingly all Chinese mobile brands are in the list, which include Lenovo, Huawei, ZTE, TCL, Hisense, Vivo, Coolpad and K-Touch. All the sample products were collected from authorized retail outlets of China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom – the country’s major telecom operators. Tests were carried out on the products’ general function, battery capability and quality of chargers, and it has been found that most of the defective phones could not pass the heat exposure as required by the national standard …

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Fireworks Truck Explodes, Destroys China Fragile Expressway Bridge (Video Animation)

Star Chang, Feb 1, 2013 5:56 PM, 1,199 views, 2 Comments »,

A truck carrying fireworks in central China exploded, destroying an expressway bridge and killing at least nine people. The explosion occurred amid heavy fog on the bridge near the city of Sanmenxia in central Henan province, causing an 80-metre section of the bridge to collapse and sending six vehicles plummeting 30 metres to the ground. The south side of the bridge collapsed completely and the north side is still unstable. Experts said that the force of a firecracker explosion could in fact destroy a bridge, underscoring widespread concerns in China about the quality of the country’s rapidly constructed infrastructure. But some people has raised the possibility that the bridge collapse and set off the explosion …

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Discovery Channel Hands-on Chinese Vintage Popcorn Machine (Video)

Star Chang, Jan 25, 2013 5:51 AM, 1,538 views, Got something to say ?,

Chinese vintage popcorn machine was featured on the Discovery Channel show Mythbusters, in which they were investigating the quickest way to make popcorn. The hosts were testing the speed of the hand-operated, coal-fired machine, which is used to make popcorn – a popular street snack usually consumed during the Lunar New Year holidays. The hosts of the show, both special effects experts, installed bulletproof glass and wearing explosion-proof clothing while preparing to make the popcorn. The experiment ended with the hosts opening the machine’s sealed popping chamber, letting loose a loud explosion and causing popcorn to fly everywhere. They have now properly made the Americans audience very nervous about China-made popcorn machine…

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The Making of Fake Batteries for Cell Phones

Timothy Sin, Aug 10, 2012 12:13 PM, 1,858 views, Got something to say ?,

Ever had a hard time looking for a replacement battery for your phone? What if we tell you that there are shops that can make a battery to fit your phone in merely 5 minutes (and charge cheaply) ? In one of Beijing’s busiest district you will find plenty of this type of knockoff batteries makers, waiting for your business.

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Watch: Asia’s Largest Indoor Stadium Crumbles To Dust In 8 Seconds

Maggie Hui, Jun 19, 2012 2:58 AM, 1,553 views, 1 Comment »,

Once the Green Island Stadium in Shenyang, Northeast China was the Asia’s largest indoor stadium but now it became the Asia’s biggest rubble heap after demolished recently. It was opened in 2009, the area of the stadium covered 455,000 square meters, capable of holding up to 30,000 audiences. The local government had spend 800 million yuan (US$125.59 million) to build it. Now they need to spend over 3 million yuan (US$ 470,957) to raze the stadium due to the facility was under-used …

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Lenovo Lephone Exploded, Burns Owner’s Hands and Legs

Herman Lai, May 1, 2012 10:12 AM, 808 views, Got something to say ?,

It wouldn’t be so surprising to hear an iPhone exploded. But today, it is the Lenovo Lephone. The wounded is a Chinese lady named Chen Ning. The Lephone suddenly burst into flames inside her pants pocket, and started emitting a significant amount of dense smoke out of her pants.

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Apple Supplier Pegatron Factory Explodes, May Affect iPad 2 Supply (video)

Chris Chang, Dec 19, 2011 1:58 AM, 1,199 views, Got something to say ?,

Before the year of 2011 ends, another Chinese plant explodes and according to Reuters, the explosion had injured 61 workers, and caused “some” damage to the plant’s machinery for producing iPad 2 back panels.

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Chinese-Made Fighter Crashes At China Air Show (Video)

Herman Lai, Oct 14, 2011 2:46 AM, 1,158 views, Got something to say ?,

A fighter jet was crashed and exploded to the ground while performing in an air show (The China International General Aviation aircraft) held in Shaanxi province Northern China this morning. Before the jet crashed, we can see one of the pilots ejected from the jet and parachuted down, but the other pilot did not ejected successfully and crashed together with the fighter on the ground. Video and more info after the break.

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Foxconn CEO Terry Gou Dancing With His Workers (video)

Star Chang, Jul 30, 2011 8:21 AM, 1,476 views, Got something to say ?,

Foxconn workers were having party last night with their CEO Terry Gou inside the Shenzhen factory plants. The party was to celebrate the upcoming international sport event — Universiade 2011. Terry Gou and his young wife were dancing happily, to promote their company spiritual care. So have Foxconn workers forget about all the suicides and explosion, and start preparing iPhone 5 production? Video after the break.

Update : New photo.

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Latest Status On Foxconn Factory Explosion (video)

Star Chang, May 22, 2011 4:10 AM, 3,332 views, 2 Comments »,

On Friday, a horrific explosion has occurred at the Foxconn Chengdu plant. We have collected the latest news and information on the status of the factory. Meanwhile, the press media from China are restricted to report any latest news, including the Government official media, Xinhua news. A Taiwan TV crew has arrived at the spot, and we have detailed information on what is going on at Chengdu’s factory after the explosion. What we know right now, Foxconn seems to be covering up the mess…

UPDATE: From China Xinhua news, a third employee has died from the explosion. After the first stage of investigation, the accidental explosion was caused by combustible dust which gathered at the dust collecting pipe in one of the polishing workshop. If you wonder what is combustible dust, you can watch this video show from CBS, and you will know how dangerous it is.

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