Sanlitun Apple Store Violence Resolved

Adeline Wang | May 10, 2011 10:30 am | 13 comments | 6645 reads

The Apple drama seems to be settling down for now, blogged by Agenda's Adeline Wang:

According to Sina Technology Times, a fight that broke out at the Sanlitun Apple Store around 3pm on May 7 has been settled. The violence occurred as Apple fans gathered excitedly in a long queue outside the store to wait for the iPad 2 launch.

As a result, Apple Store employees were forced to manage a chaotic crowd of eager customers all day, many of whom included product scalpers, which unfortunately culminated into an assistant getting into a fight with a young Chinese male customer. Chaoyang police are not pursuing charges against the offending Apple Store employee, but have charged him RMB 20,000 to cover the victim’s hospital fees.

Get Agenda's article here.

And for the weekend drama in Sanlitun, the our post "iPad 2 Launch Turns Bloody: Apple Sanlitun Locked Down."

Photo: mychinaviews.com

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Re: Sanlitun Apple Store Violence Resolved
Posted May 15, 2011 12:14am by Aier2
admin wrote:
Btw may daily features a pic of the foreign ruffian that perpetrated the assault (http://maydaily.com/2011/05/11/rogue-apple-store-manager-compensates-chinese-man-for-mack-attack/) looks like one tough character


The only pic of the guy is at a completely separate event?...and he's the manager of the store?

Well look at that, everyone's standing!
So informal.

Oh Apple :X , you sweep me off my feet with your forward thinking and casual (yet professional!) attitude to the workplace...

But surely your store manager is missing his frappuccino?? and there is a distinct lack of pictures of Einstein, Gandhi or any other of the great minds you've baselessly associated with your products over the years.

In future I suggest carpeting your stores with astroturf, and piping your office emissions directly into the mesosphere!

Brilliant!

Throw some stuff in there about feeding hungry [insert racial/ethnic minority here] children and you're back on track.

Re: Sanlitun Apple Store Violence Resolved
Posted May 14, 2011 5:46pm by admin

Btw may daily features a pic of the foreign ruffian that perpetrated the assault (http://maydaily.com/2011/05/11/rogue-apple-store-manager-compensates-chinese-man-for-mack-attack/) looks like one tough character

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Re: Sanlitun Apple Store Violence Resolved
Posted May 14, 2011 5:45pm by admin

Btw may daily features a pic of the foreign ruffian that perpetrated the assault (http://maydaily.com/2011/05/11/rogue-apple-store-manager-compensates-chinese-man-for-mack-attack/) looks like one tough character

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Re: Sanlitun Apple Store Violence Resolved
Posted May 14, 2011 3:35pm by MoreRichInHope

I have little interest in iPads, almost as little in this incident, but I have to ask, what's up with all the racism on the threads about this? Jeremy 29, for instance, maybe it's time to 回国, don't you think? I think Beijing can do without Chinese-hating expats, which is what you seem to be.

I have to say, I think that if you assault someone then you do pretty well to walk away from it with a fine, even a large one, rather than with a criminal record. Yes, no doubt the fine was more than the costs, but for all those saying that this supposedly "harsh" treatment was because he was a foreigner, I would contend that in fact it was more lenient treatment than had he been Chinese, where there would very likely have been some kind of custodial sentence involved.

And as for "Herojuana", please, grow up and do not make this "poor guy" out to be some kind of hero. You say you are "absolutely sure" that the Chinese guy started the fight. Why? Because you were there, or because you're also a racist? And let's get something straight. If person 1 insults someone's mother and person 2 hits them, who's "started the fight"? It's person 2.

I have to say people like you make me embarassed to be a foreigner in Beijing.

Re: Sanlitun Apple Store Violence Resolved
Posted May 11, 2011 2:58pm by Jerry

And in the meanwhile Apple continues laughing its way to the bank...

Jerry Chan, Digital Marketing & Content Strategy Director

Re: Sanlitun Apple Store Violence Resolved
Posted May 11, 2011 11:14am by Aier2

Bullsh1t，obvious bullsh1t.

And still no pics of the actual incident?
Am I expected to believe none of these people mobbing the store like zombies had an Apple product with a camera?

Even Chinese farmers have camera phones.

Re: Sanlitun Apple Store Violence Resolved
Posted May 11, 2011 8:36am by herojuana

That's some fucking bullshit right there.

I say we set up a fund to help this poor guy pay this bullshit fine.

I absolutely guarantee you the Chinese guy started the fight, probably by talking about this guy's mother's cunt.

Some drunk Chinese asshole crashes his car into another and gets a 2,000 rmb fine, this guy beats up a greedy selfish cock sucker and gets dinged 20,000?

Obvious racism.

Irish coffee, and Irish car bomb
A fat drunk jew starts singing this song
I take a closer look and the fat guy is me
So I buy him a shot, and he buys me back three

Re: Sanlitun Apple Store Violence Resolved
Posted May 11, 2011 7:24am by binky

Yes, but he was a Laowei, so obviously he can afford it! Wink

20,000 RMB means nothing to a rich yellow-haired long nose. He probably spent more than that on his lunch...

Re: Sanlitun Apple Store Violence Resolved
Posted May 10, 2011 3:03pm by Golden_Bridge

wtf? 20,000 rmb? I saw pics of this guys injuries, and lemme tell you: he didn't spend 20,000. I hope the perpetraitor fights these trumped up numbers.

I don't advocate violence, and it was totally unnecessary to do what he did, but c'mon now, 20K is too much.

Re: Sanlitun Apple Store Violence Resolved
Posted May 10, 2011 12:47pm by muse

good going! In my hometown a rape victim who lost all of her fingers on both hands only got 5000 rubles (it's approx. 1100 RMB), so good for him Smile

Re: Sanlitun Apple Store Violence Resolved
Posted May 10, 2011 12:26pm by aruyo

chinese can even fight for Ipads now, good to advertise how nice and well mannered this country has become

Re: Sanlitun Apple Store Violence Resolved
Posted May 10, 2011 12:24pm by ouyang14

Was his dad Li Gang too?

Re: Sanlitun Apple Store Violence Resolved
Posted May 10, 2011 12:04pm by Jeremy 29

20,000 RMB what a fucking crock.What did they guy need a heart transplant? I know people who have had major surgery for that much, crooked chinese cunts.

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