Apple is officially launching iPhone in China with China’s Unicom.  According to Sina.com, the first iPhone was sold in the Sanlitun (三里屯) Apple Store in Beijing.  This Apple Store was open for business at 8 PM on Oct. 30 (Beijing Time).  Within a few minutes after it was opened, 6-8 customers have already purchased their iPhones.

The weather in Beijing is a little chilly today, but there is still an influx of Chinese iPhone enthusiasts coming out to support the iPhone official launch in China.  A set of pictures has been brought to you for this milestone event that Apple has in China.

First iPhone Customer

First iPhone Receipt

iPhone Launching Party in China

iPhone Store in Sanlitun

iPhone Enthusiasts in Beijing

Promising Future for Apple in China

Chilly Weather Can't Stop the Apple Fans

Via Wabei

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While Twitter has been growing exponentially in the US, the company shows no signs of slowing down in its journey to take over the world.  According to the Nikkei business daily report, Twitter has partnered with Digital Garage in the process of developing a website which enables Japanese mobile users to sign up for the service on their handsets.

Digital Garage is a Japanese company which integrates three core technologies – IT (Information Technology), MT (Marketing Technology) and FT (Financial Technology). According to the Twitter blog –

“To support continued growth in Japan, Twitter has formed a partnership with Digital Garage to create the official Twitter Japan service. As part of this arrangement, Digital Garage has made an investment in Twitter, Inc and will commit engineering and other development resources to help us bring Twitter to Japan.”

The service will be launched for Japanese mobile users as early as next month.  As a result of the joint venture, the shares of Digital Garage Inc. increased by 11% in Tokyo morning trade Wednesday.  What do you think about Twitter’s global expansion plan?  Is it too soon? Or the company should focus on the US domestic market first given that Facebook is still ahead of Twitter in terms of website traffic?  Share your comments below.

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News has been spread out about Danyong Sun’s suicidal incident in China at 3:33 am on July 16^th (Beijing Time).  Danyong Sun, a 25-year-old with a bachelor degree from Harbin University of Science and Technology, was assigned to handle 16 fourth generation iPhone prototypes.  The samples were prepared for Apple but only 15 were found later.   As a result, Mr. Sun was blamed, event beaten and investigated for the loss of the iPhone 4G prototype.

Due to high pressure and constant harassment, Mr. Sun jumped off from a high rise building and committed suicide on July 16^th.  Currently, Chinese officials are investigating this incident in details.  Apple is holding off its action until more details are revealed.

The following is one of the text messages that Mr. Sun sent to his girlfriend at 1:48 am on July 16^th. It states: “Darling.  I feel so depressed.  Can’t believe this is actually happening in a Fortune 500 company.  Not only was my cell phone being taken against my will and apartment being illegally searched, I was even beaten.  You take care of yourself.  Don’t let our family know about this.”

The news has since been brought to our attention internationally.  Foxconn, the world’s biggest manufacturer of cell phones, is one of Apple vendors.  Should they be held accountable for this suicidal incident?  What should they do to strengthen their management system?  Share your comments below.

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