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Leading European electronics retailer Media Markt has already opened 7 retail stores in Shanghai China. The company’s expansion in China has been rapid. Recently, they have released a corporate branding advertisement to showcase the dedication its employees give to their Chinese customers. The idea is to show how Media Markt’s staff work so hard to give great customer service that they are sweating all the way from head to toe …
An underground garage was found utilizing a group of the sexy girls to attract the wealthy in Shanghai to wash their luxury cars, and all the girls were told to wear bikini, high heels and sunglasses. This kind of service is quite common in foreign country, but it’s rare to happen in China. More shots after the break.
Apple supplier Foxconn just held a groundbreaking ceremony to begin construction of its China operational headquarters. The new building will be established on a 10,000 square meter (2.47 acre) site located in the Pudong district of Shanghai, it’s scheduled to be completed in the early 2015. Although Shenzhen will remain the manufacturing and operational core, the new location will be served as a research and development center, sales and as a hub for its e-commerce business in China. Indeed, Foxconn already has a sales channel business with a joint venture Media Markt in Shanghai.
Our lovely Shanghai-based artist Hong Yi, also known as Red, used 750 pair of socks to create a rather unusual sock portrait of the famous Chinese film director Zhang Yimou. Previously, her famous coffee stain and basketball painting had made some sensation on the net. For her first 3-D piece, she took three weeks to complete, with 750 pairs of socks and thousands of safety pins. As a final touch, she suspended the work from a bamboo pole in the old residential alleyway. The inspiration is came from the Chinese culture of bamboo sticks poking out of windows with laundry hanging out to dry. Check out the video and behind the scene after the break …
Police in Shanghai raided an apartment and seized 1.1 million yuan (about US$174,892) worth of goods for refurbishing iPhones. Yes, according to Chinese media Eastday, the police found an entire assembly line that was run by a 53-year-old man who employed 14 young Chinese workers to produce and sell refurbished iPhones with fake parts.
Building on recent report which indicated the number of iOS and Android activations in the country surpassed those coming from device owners in the U.S, a research company estimated as of the end of 2011, more than 21 million iPhones and iPads are now in service in China. The figure was generated by using a combination of data from sources like Flurry Mobile and Umeng.
THIS IS AWESOME! This hotel will be China’s first underground five-star hotel, located in a 100 meter deep pit near Sheshan Hill, in Shanghai’s Songjiang District near the base of Tianmashan Mountain. It is developed by a Shanghai Shimao Property GRoup and InterContinental Hotels group, the complex named “InterContinental Shimao Shanghai Wonderland”. More info after the break.
Shanghai is no longer pathetic for internet addicts. China Telecom and Starbucks have teamed up together and bringing free WiFi hotspots for over 200 Starbucks in Shanghai. That’s not a typo, they’re all free!
(UPDATE 3: Mark Zuckerberg has left China, he is in Japan now …) This afternoon, some Chinese paparazzi spotted Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his Chinese fiancée in Shanghai, so Mark Zuckerberg has came back to China again! Holiday tour or business trip ? According to inside rumor, Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook (yeah ! Cook is also in China !) have flown together with a private jet on their trip to China …
While the world economy is recovering gradually, the sex product industry, one of a few didn’t see a big slowdown, is continuing to flourish in China. The ninth China International ‘Adult Toys and Reproductive Health Exhibition’ opened its doors at Shanghai last week. Although the organizers wanted it to be more professional and health oriented, the exhibition still offered Japanese adult movie star performances and lingerie shows. Several Japanese famous AV actresses unveiled the uniform temptation in a hot and sexy lingerie show. Most of the Chinese just can’t resist this kind of perform in their communist homeland …
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