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Back by popular demand again, the space train. With Spring Festival just around the corner, China’s 12306 train ticket sales site seems to be doing at least a little better

If you ever wondered just how fast China’s iPhone scalpers are, consider this: the iPhone 5 was released on Friday morning in Hong Kong. By Friday evening, the device was

Combining Tao Te Ching levels of “WTF” and “Meh, I’m not really surprised,” China’s finest smugglers are preparing to sell the newly-unveiled iPhone 5 for a cool 10,000 RMB –

The recent 11-year jail term handed down to a merchant on Taobao, China’s biggest consumer-to-consumer online marketplace, has raised the alarm in the country among amateur shopkeepers about being caught

At the moment there’s quite a snarl-up of Chinese people waiting for a German visa at the nation’s consulates in Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou. That has inspired some enterprising scalpers

We knew the new iPad was meeting a less-excited-than-usual market in China, but are sales of the device flagging across the globe? Certainly Apple’s sales numbers for the new iPad’s

Eager customer, or a potential gadget mule for the new iPad? (Image credit: EPA) Chinese media are quoting grey importers – those who smuggle gadgets across borders, evading taxes and

Official notice saying there will be no lining up for the new iPad this time. (via Engadget) With the launch of a “the new iPad” (I’m putting that in scare