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Foreign Game System Sales Okay, Says Chinese Government, but You’ll Need Our Approval
Think of it as trial run, because the ban’s removal is temporary and the timeframe indefinite.
Chinese Hackers Reportedly Eavesdropped on G20 Summit
Security experts say they’ve traced tainted emails to five European ministries
Report: Over 1,000 Chinese Students Forced to Build PlayStation 4 at Foxconn Plant to Graduate
Reports claim students were required to build PS4s to receive course credit.
China May Lift Social Media Ban From Shanghai’s Free-Trade Zone
The government hopes a crack in the Great Firewall will ease concerns of foreign investors
New iPhones Fail to Wow Chinese Consumers
Despite being among of the first to receive the new Apple models, Chinese netizens still feel cheated over both price and size
China’s Red Hackers: The Tale of One Patriotic Cyberwarrior
In a story in this week’s magazine, TIME profiles Wan Tao, once one of China’s most feared hongke, or red hackers, cyberwarriors motivated by patriotism to attack foreign digital victims.
Weibo Credit: Chinese Microblogging Site Tests Points-Based Censorship
Chinese Microblogs Ripe with Reports of Fruit-Scented iPhones
First, people wanted to smell like brand-new Apple products. Now it appears brand-new Apple products smell like fruit.
Well, that’s the news coming out of China, anyway. M.I.C. Gadget writes that the Chinese Internet is awash …
Axis of Suppression: China, Facebook and Iran, Says Google’s Sergey Brin
Google might not exist today had dominant rivals like Facebook been around when Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin created their search powerhouse, says Brin. In an interview with the Guardian, Brin says the Internet …
Five Charged in China After Teen Trades Kidney for iPhone and iPad
Camping overnight at the Apple store looks pretty tame after this case. Five people in southern China have been charged for taking a 17-year-old boy’s kidney in exchange for an iPad and an iPhone.
According to Reuters, one of …
WATCH: Rescuers Use iPhone to Save Little Boy from Well
In what will hopefully one day become a TV movie, a little boy in China was rescued from a well with the help of an iPhone.
The two-year-old fell down a narrow, 40-foot well in Mengzi City, a small city in China’s Yunnan …