Chinese growth and Chinese competition could drive Apple stock to $888, analyst says

China's fast growth in fast mobile subscriptions -- and increasing mobile competition among the giant Chinese mobile carriers -- will be key factors in driving Apple's moldering stock price to unseen heights of over $800, one analyst says today.

Apple supplier Pegatron hiring 40,000 new workers

That fits both with Apple CEO Tim Cook's announcement during the company's recent earnings call that Apple would not bring out any new products until the fall, and with recent rampant rumors of new iPhone models.

Pentagon directly accuses China of hacking to steal U.S. defense intelligence

The Pentagon spoke out about Chinese government-sponsored hacking today, directly accusing the country of "intelligence collection."

Tablets will outsell laptops 6 to 1 by 2017 as mobile PC market hits 579.4 million

This year, we'll buy more tablets than notebooks for the first time ever. But by 2017, we'll buy six times more tablets than laptops.

Why you need social media marketing … in China

You can't access Facebook in China. Twitter is unheard of. And Google … well, Google has left China, and China isn't exactly writing a Taylor Swift ex-boyfriend song about the world's largest search engine.

HootSuite adds support for 750M more users: China’s Tencent Weibo, and Russia’s VK.com

In perhaps the clearest sign yet that enterprise social media management tool HootSuite has major global ambitions, the company announced this morning that it is adding support for managing China's most popular microblogging platform, Tencent Weibo, and Russia's most popular social media network, VK.com.

Apple has $8.8 billion in Chinese revenue as iPad sales up 138%, CEO Tim Cook says

Apple's doing well in China, Apple CEO Tim Cook said today on the company's earnings call, growing at 18 percent on a "sell-through basis," he said.

Apple donates $8M in cash for Sichuan earthquake victims, plus Apple devices for local schools

Apple made the announcement on its Chinese home page today, along with a message of condolence, saying that "our hearts are with the victims of the Sichuan earthquake," and that Apple employees in the area would be on stand-by to help out with disaster relief efforts.

Chinese ‘app store’ lets you install pirated iPhone apps — without jailbreaking

Chinese "app store" 7659.com is using Apple's own bulk enterprise licensing system to distributed pirated apps to Chinese iPhone and iPad users, completely free.

Why you can’t have a cheap time machine: China

An Iranian scientist has invented a cheap time machine but won't release it to the world, he says. And the Chinese are to blame.

Eduson.tv brings business education to professionals in emerging economies

Eduston.tv launches an online business education portal for people in BRIC countries and reveals $1 million in seed funding.

iSorry equals iForgiven? Chinese state media like Apple’s apology

Interestingly, the articles acknowledge a political tinge to the recent spanking Apple has been taking in China, saying that Chinese networking and mobile companies Huawei and ZTE "have long been restricted in the US markets under security and other accusations."

Russia enters murky realm of Internet censorship … for the children

The Russian government asks Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to remove posts, following a recently passed law that blocks content relating to child porn, drug use, and suicide.

Apple’s Tim Cook issues public apology to China, vows better warranty and support

The major Chinese complaint is that Apple’s warranties on computers run for one year, while Chinese law states they should be at least two years.

China vs Apple, round 5: State-owned movie studio sues for copyright infringement

Another day, another attack on Apple in China.

Feds pooh-pooh Softbank/Sprint deal over Chinese hardware fears

Chinese cyber-spying may have soured a $20 billion dollar mobile deal. If Chinese hardware makes its way into U.S. core networks, will the nation be compromised?

Siri, find me a lawyer: Apple in Chinese court for patent infringement charges

Apple and China just can't seem to get along lately.