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First quad-core smartphone runs Android, made by iPhone cloner

Monday, September 19, 2011 - 10:31am

Still bragging about that dual-core processor in your smartphone? The world's best iPhone imitators, Meizu, is striking first, with the world's first quad-core smartphone. The Meizu MX is the successor to the M9 (you know, the iPhone knockoff that people in China camp out for) and it's going to be cost a pretty penny.

China building new airport the size of Bermuda

Evan Ackerman

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 10:42am

The Chinese are building a new airport just outside of Beijing, because the other two giant airports they have in the area just can't keep up with demand. When it's finished, it'll be the largest airport in the world by far, at approximately the same size as the entire island of Bermuda.

Is this the iPhone 5? Unboxing of bootleg phone surfaces

Adario Strange

Friday, September 9, 2011 - 3:00am

There was a time when the iPhone and iPad counterfeiters of China would at least wait for a product to be officially released before coming up with their own alternative, but those days are apparently over.

Chinese dad lets four-year-old daughter drive car on highway

Raymond Wong

Monday, September 5, 2011 - 5:16am

On this lovely Labor Day, if you're off from work, we encourage you to spend time with your family and friends. What kind of memories can you create? One controversial video is going viral: the one where a dad in China lets his four-year-old daughter take the car through traffic and not kill anybody.

Chinese want to capture an asteroid into Earth's orbit

Evan Ackerman

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 12:27pm

While most astronomers seem to be understandably worried about the best way to steer asteroids away from Earth, Chinese scientists are instead trying to figure out how they can capture nearby asteroids into Earth orbit. And then mine them.

Chinese propaganda video accidentally reveals cyberattacks on U.S.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 4:15pm

In an otherwise unremarkable propaganda video out of China, they look to have accidentally confirmed that there are government-sponsored cyberattacks being launched against targets within the US.

Japanese robot bootleg copy speaks Chinese but is just as cute

Adario Strange

Friday, August 12, 2011 - 2:44am

Chinese tech bootlegs products aren't limited to Apple stores and giant anime statues, apparently the country's enterprising reverse engineers will even copy Japan's smallest, cutest robots.

China's first aircraft carrier sets sail after a decade of waiting

Kevin Hall

Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 10:22am

For a country with over 9,000 miles of coastline, it's kind of surprising that China is just now welcoming its first aircraft carrier into its maritime defense fleet. The new addition has some of its neighbors nervous, though China is assuring the world it comes in peace.

iPad smugglers in China used crossbow and zipline to move wares

Kevin Hall

Monday, August 8, 2011 - 10:32am

Normally you'd need a boat to ship something from mainland China to Hong Kong. Well, or you could shoot a 1,000-foot-long line across the river using a crossbow, then lower a big ol' bag of Apple goods from a high rise on one side to a small house on the other.

An iPhone 5 is already being sold in China

Kevin Hall

Monday, August 1, 2011 - 12:05pm

You really can buy anything in China — even products from the future!

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First quad-core smartphone runs Android, made by iPhone cloner

China building new airport the size of Bermuda

Is this the iPhone 5? Unboxing of bootleg phone surfaces

Chinese dad lets four-year-old daughter drive car on highway

Chinese want to capture an asteroid into Earth's orbit

Chinese propaganda video accidentally reveals cyberattacks on U.S.

Japanese robot bootleg copy speaks Chinese but is just as cute

China's first aircraft carrier sets sail after a decade of waiting

iPad smugglers in China used crossbow and zipline to move wares

An iPhone 5 is already being sold in China

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