Apple Store Fight Breaks Out During iPad Launch In Beijing

BEIJING -- A Chinese man says he saw a fight between an Apple store employee and a customer amid a frenzy to buy the newly launched iPad 2.

Thirty-year-old Wang Ming says Saturday's scuffle at the Apple store in Beijing's Sanlitun district was between a "foreign" Apple staffer and a Chinese customer. Wang says he heard that the customer had cut into a line and was a scalper.

Unconfirmed Chinese news reports said three or four customers were injured. Wang says he was passing by when a bottle hit his head, causing a gash.

Photos taken in the aftermath of the scuffle showed Wang and another man with a wound on his back lying on the ground outside the shop and the store's glass front door shattered.

Apple Inc. staff could not immediately be reached for comment.

Comments

[Eris23]

09:15 PM on 05/09/2011

Clearly a black magical and counter revolutionary device. ;)

[Channa]

06:48 AM on 05/09/2011

Anecdotal evidence reveals some Chinese may be rude.

[Alex Paris]

05:01 PM on 05/08/2011

I read it was over the white iphone launch.

[shthar]

04:12 PM on 05/08/2011

A guy in china sez he saw a tussle?

I can top that, I saw a horse and a carriage on mulberry street.

[GBsTechNews]

01:36 PM on 05/08/2011

Wow, and I thought that only the US was capable of fighting over electronics. This would top BlackFriday, but nobody died, so the US is still the worst. It always amazes me that people would fight over something this simple. Is it really worth all the trouble?
If only that person didn't cut the line, this all could've been prevented.
http://GBsTechNews.com

[Andman0121]

10:21 AM on 05/08/2011

Get lives. Better yet, just buy a PC.