Apple Delays China iPhone Sales – Apple stores in Beijing and Shanghai have delayed the release of the iPhone 4S after a scene outside a Beijing store turned ugly early Jan. 13, with angry crowds fighting and throwing eggs at one of the buildings. Crowds of hundreds, according to the Associated Press, waited outside overnight [...]
Tags: Apple Iphones, china
Posted in Mobile Phones
China Frees Abducted Children – “Two large criminal gangs involved in child-trafficking have been successfully destroyed, once again showing the public security organs’ solemn commitment to the people,” it said. Children were sold for an average of about 40,000 yuan ($A5,692), it added, but otherwise gave few details. Abductions and human trafficking have become serious [...]
Tags: china, human trafficking
Posted in World
China High Speed Train Crash – China has launched a safety campaign after a high speed train crash killed 39 people and injured many more. Internet users have flooded websites and microblogs with angry comments following the crash in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, the country’s deadliest rail accident since 2008. Even before the investigation into [...]
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Posted in General
Tourists Return to Gold Coast – New figures show Queensland’s Gold Coast attracted more than 10 million tourists in the 12 months to September this year. Gold Coast Tourism chief executive officer Martin Winter says it is the first time the city has reached the 10 million mark in a 12-month period since 2008. Mr [...]
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Posted in Travel
Google Not Censoring China Results – The world’s biggest search engine has stopped censoring the results of the world’s largest group of internet users. After months of verbal stoushes with the Chinese Government, Google has effectively shut down its mainland Chinese search engine.
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Posted in Technology
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