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www.bloomberg.com — Sales in the region surged six-fold last quarter & the new Hong Kong store may help Apple reduce its reliance on resellers to sell products in the city. The shop will be the fifth store in the China region, which has generated about $8.8 billion in revenue in the past three quarters, or 11 percent of Apple’s total.

hktechnews.com — The authorities have been cracking down heavily on Apple products illegally transported from Hong Kong to China latley so much smugglers have resorted in desperate tactics. Hong Kong and Chinese customs have busted a smuggling ring that uses a long cable to transport the products across the border from Hong Kong to Shenzhen in black bags.

www.penn-olson.com — AliPay, the online payment division of e-commerce giant Alibaba, is today bringing the ‘mobile wallet’ to China’s streets and stores, allowing transactions between shops and their customers, who need only the AliPay app on their phones.....

blogs.wsj.com — Chinese netizens are getting excited about rumors that China will get the iPhone 5 at the same time as the US, courtesy of a China Mobile exclusive TD-SCDMA version...

offbeatchina.com — Does anyone care for a facetime call with their deceased friends? The Chinese would probably say yes should there be WiFi in the afterlife. iPhones and iPad 2 appeared on the list of sacrificial-offerings at this year's Tomb Sweeping Day (Qingming Jie). Not grey market ones, but fake paper ones.