Articles on Shanzhai

Shanzhai ji: Fake phones lowdown - Jul 17, 2009

Crave Zhu Chenghao takes a drag on his cigarette as he pulls out his latest top-selling phone--the iPhone Mini. He may be less charismatic than Steve Jobs but is every bit as ... Read story »

Obama loves his Blockberry - Jun 25, 2009

Blogs I don't have the strength or wherewithal to blog about yet another block, so instead of talking about the blocked/not-blocked status of Google today in the PRC, I thought I'd go instead ... Read story »

Aw snap! India pulls plug on 25 million dodgy Chinese mobile phones - Dec 1, 2009

Blogs Today, December 1, 2009, is the day when 25 million China-made mobile phones get banned by Indian mobile operators, rendering them unusable in the country. The dodgy phones in question lack ... Read story »

Photos: China's ripoff phones - Jul 17, 2009

Features We go behind-the-scenes into a Shanghai tech market to have a look at fake phones and see how they stack up to the real deal. Read story »

Google Chrome OS on Chinese Netbook next month? - Oct 3, 2009

Blogs Google announced their plans to make an operating system for computers earlier this summer, and its eagerly awaited release date is 'sometime in 2010'. But a Chinese manufacturer might be about to ... Read story »

10,000 years of China tech--celebrating Chinese invention - May 7, 2009

Blogs Lets face it, in our break-neck, high-tech, don't look back culture, China tends to get a lot of flack for being--ahem--under-innovative. The number of articles written about China's IP infringement/piracy and ... Read story »

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