China Unicom: 5,000 iPhones sold in first weekend
Erica Ogg, CNET, November 3, 2009
China Unicom reported that 5,000 iPhones were sold in the first four days of the official launch of the mobile device in China. The carrier says that they are “pleased” with the outcome despite the market’s lukewarm response in the opening weekend. China Unicom Chairman, Chang Xiaobing, told Reuters that the aim is to add an additional one million new 3G subscribers each month in the near future. China has a large gray-market for iPhones knockoffs, where the cheaper prices are far more attractive to Chinese mobile users. The gray-market phone shipments are expected to reach 145 million units year, a 44 percent increase from 2008. Apple analysts have called the phone’s debut in China “a disappointment.” ---posted by Ying Jia Huang
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China sentences notorious gang ‘godmother’
Tini Tran, Associated Press via Google News, November 3, 2009
Xie Caiping, known as the “godmother” of a Chongqing local gang, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for running illegal casinos and bribing government officials. Her trial was part of a series of crackdowns on gangs in the southwestern city of Chongqing by government officials. Xie’s trial has exposed the networks of protection by government officials for local gangs, often using bribery. Chinese state media reported that Xie was convicted of various crimes that included leading a criminal organization, bribery, illegal imprisonment, etc. ---posted by Ying Jia Huang
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US-educated scientist was father of China's space program
Sydney Morning Herald, November 3, 2009
Qian Xuesen was one of China’s greatest scientists that pioneered the research for China’s missile and space program. Educated at Shanghai Jiaotong University and later at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the California Institute of Technology, Qian took part in the Manhattan Project that developed the first atomic bomb. In 1949, he was suspected of being a communist sympathizer and his application for US citizenship was denied, and was later detained after applying to leave the US. Returning to China in 1955, Qian establish an Institute of Mechanics in Beijing and worked on what was to become the Dongfeng missile. His efforts contributed to China’s first test of its atomic bomb in 1963-64. In 2009, China’s preparation to build a space exploration launch pad on the island of Hainan was also owed to much of Qian’s research over the decades.---posted by Ying Jia Huang
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S. Korea seeks Chinese help to track cyber attacks
AFP via Google News, November 2, 2009
The South Korean police are seeking the help of China to find the origins of cyber attacks that briefly crippled US and South Korean government and commercial websites in July. The national police agency official told AFP that they are asking for a joint investigation because the South Korea intelligence service found a line coming from China. This line was found on the Internet protocol that the North Korean Ministry of Post and Telecommunications is using on rent from China. The origin of the attacks still remains unconfirmed, though the intelligence agency said in July that North Korea is the prime suspect in these cyber-attacks.---posted by Ying Jia Huang
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