The 'Only in China' Thread

[David48atTD]

Gents when I started this thread, I just wanted to highlight the weird and somewhat wacky stuff that goes on in China.

As the OP, I only control the opening post.

Undoubtedly, this has morphed into a China business/mud wrestling thread.

So ... I'm starting a new thread with the focus on the weird and somewhat wacky stuff that goes on in China.

If you can keep the business stuff here, that would be great.

[OhOh]

My apologies, I was trying to keep it going. You should have said something sooner. I'll leave the wrestling aspect to 'arry to cover.

[harrybarracuda]

My apologies, I was trying to keep it going. You should have said something sooner. I'll leave the wrestling aspect to 'arry to cover.

I 'spect the mods will merge them soon enough anyway.

[David48atTD]

My apologies, I was trying to keep it going. You should have said something sooner. I'll leave the wrestling aspect to 'arry to cover.

Nah ... carry on.

It's all good.

Some banter from a different viewpoint is more then welcome.

[OhOh]

So, I'm OK but 'arry is banned. Good idea.

[David48atTD]

^ Harry's OK, everyone's OK ... I'm just the OP.

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This is maybe better suited here ...

Google reportedly plans to launch censored search engine in China as soon as next year


Google has reportedly been actively seeking ways to re-enter China.

Google plans to launch a version of its search engine in China that will block some websites and search terms, two sources says, in a move that could mark its return to a market it abandoned eight years ago on censorship concerns.

Key points:

• Search terms on human rights, democracy, religion and peaceful protests will be among the words blacklisted
• The finalised app could be launched in the next six to nine months, pending approval from Chinese officials
• Amnesty International calls on Google to change course

The plan comes even as China has stepped up scrutiny into business dealings involving US tech firms including Facebook, Apple and Qualcomm amid intensifying trade tensions between Beijing and Washington.

Google, which quit China's search engine market in 2010, has been actively seeking ways to re-enter China, where many of its products are blocked by regulators.
The Intercept earlier reported Google's China plans on Wednesday, citing internal Google documents and people familiar with the plans.
The project is codenamed "Dragonfly" and has been underway since the spring of 2017, the news website said.

Google's main search platform is blocked in China along with its video platform YouTube, but it has been attempting to make new inroads into the country.

[SKkin]

Just wait until Project Harrybarracuda gets rolling...

Seems like doing business in China can be a bit weird and wacky.

[harrybarracuda]

Just wait until Project Harrybarracuda gets rolling...

Seems like doing business in China can be a bit weird and wacky.

I think the phrase you seek is "fraught with peril".

[OhOh]

Project Harrybarracuda gets rolling

'arry's got everyone's backdoor open for him to manipulate to his satisfaction.

More seriously it appears that not only has Huawei knocked apple to 3rd place in China but Chinese smart phone manufacturers are tagged to take 54% of the worlds market.

Chinese smart phone brands to take over half of global market share



"Chinese smart phone makers are expected to take 54 percent of the global market share this year through continuous overseas expansion, according to the latest research by TrendForce, a global provider of market intelligence on technology industries. Chinese brands achieved rapid growth in the past few years, and have even broken the market pattern which was previously led by South Korean and American manufacturers, said analyst Yao Jiaxiang from TrendForce.

One of every three smart phones sold today comes from China. This conclusion was reached by a market survey organization based on the shipments of major smart phone makers between 2015 and 2017. The organization said that nine of the top 12 smart phone manufacturers were Chinese.

Chinese smart phones accounted for 42 to 45 percent of the global market share in 2017, according to major data research companies. However, the figure exceeded 50 percent in the first half of 2018 thanks to the overseas expansion of Chinese companies. Their shares were especially high in India, Russia and Europe.
One Plus, an emerging Chinese phone maker, achieved a 40-percent share in India’s high-end smart phone market, followed by Samsung who secured 35 percent. Apple was in third place with only 14 percent of the market.

However, this was just the beginning for Chinese phone makers regarding their overseas expansion. Rajeev Nair with Strategy Analytics said that in addition to India, the performance of Chinese suppliers in the whole of Southeast Asia was remarkable in the first quarter of 2018. They accounted for over a third of the region’s market share while the figure was just less than a quarter a year ago.

Yao attributed the success of the Chinese brands to their pricing strategies that attach high importance to cost-efficiency.
However, focusing only on pricing strategies will not be enough to help Chinese enterprises in the global market long-term.

The next phase of competition is a battle among the strongest, so it is a test for enterprises’ capability in globalization, said Zhao Ming, president of Honor, the leading smart phone e-brand under Chinese tech giant Huawei.
“Those who make better products and comply with global business rules will go further, and those who go further finally win the game,” Zhao noted. "

Chinese smart phone brands to take over half of global market share - People's Daily Onlineand here:

https://press.trendforce.com/node/view/3137.html

[harrybarracuda]

That's two threads to satisfy Ohoh's masturbatory fantasies about the chinkies then.

[OhOh]

I was putting all the transport/infrastructure items in the other one and everything else here. maybe the mods should merge them and change the title to something like, "Go China Go".

[harrybarracuda]

I was putting all the transport/infrastructure items in the other one and everything else here. maybe the mods should merge them and change the title to something like, "Go China Go".

OhOh's Jerk Off thread would be more apt.