10 Jul
Apple to open Beijing store on July 19
Apple bequeath open a retail store in Beijing on July 19, stepping up its presence in China three weeks face to face with the start of the Summer Olympic Games. But don’t expect to see the iPhone 3G make an appearance in Beijing—Apple has yet to sign a Chinese distributor for the iPhone and the country still doesn’t have commercial 3G (third-generation) mobile services.
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The Beijing Apple garner is the company’s first in China, and will open just in allotted period for the expected influx of visitors for the Olympic Games.
The Apple store is located in Sanlitun, formerly a quiet, leafy neighborhood adjacent to single in kind of the city’s diplomatic quarters. In recent years, Sanlitun turned into a lively—and often rowdy—nightlife district known by dint of. locals as “Bar Street.” As part of preparations concerning the Olympics, Beijing authorities worked to spruce up the neighborhood, driving out the drug dealers that often approached foreigners on the street and knocking into a denser consistence apartment blocks to clear the way for a new shopping center.
Like other Apple supplies, the Beijing store will give Chinese consumers a chance to try to the end Apple products or seek help from company representatives at the workshop’s Genius Bar. The store will also host events aimed at bringing potential customers into the treasure up.
The first and foremost of these events, an appearance by Chinese singer Zhang Yadong, is scheduled for July 21.
