Steve Jobs’s death Wednesday has sent shockwaves rippling throughout the tech world, and China is no exception. You’ve already heard our thoughts, and we’ve also asked you for yours. and On Thursday morning, Penn-Olson went to Beijing’s Apple Store to see how Chinese Apple fans were responding to the news of Jobs’s death.
Youku copy (for readers in China):
Transcript:
Usually, if there’s a crowd outside Beijing’s Apple store, it’s because Apple has launched a new product. Today, Apple fans came to see the flowers, and pay their respects to Steve Jobs, who passed away on Wednesday.
Some left flowers. Others were content to take photos of the flowers. Some passers-by weren’t even aware that Jobs had died, but others came to the Apple store specifically to pay their respects.
“I knew there was an Apple store here in Sanlitun, Beijing. So I came here today specifically to commemorate him […]
What impression did he leave on us? That he had changed the world.
Steve Jobs’s spirit is the cornerstone of the Apple company. So I think the company will continue on like it did when he was alive.”
Steve Jobs left a deep impression in China, and it remains to be seen how the market here will react to his death. For now, things at the Apple store seem as busy as ever — something we’re sure Steve Jobs would have been happy to hear.
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