So the new iPhones are coming out, and once again, who's behind the manufacturing of these latest batch of phones?  You guessed it, it's manufactured by HonHai Precision Industry/Foxconn, THE biggest company you never heard of.  Foxconn (HonHai's trade name) is a Taiwanese company with majority of their manufacturing operations based in China, lead by billionaire Terry Guo.

So with that said, how come the iPhone is not even being released in Taiwan as it is elsewhere around the world?
http://www.apple.com/iphone/countries/

If you look at the website, it's fairly obvious that the industrialized "1st world" nations are getting the first dibs on the iPhone (top half of the page), while the so called "3rd world" countries are getting a delayed release (bottom half).  But what's worse is, WHERE THE FUCK IS TAIWAN?  I see Greece, Cameroon (That's right, Per Capita $2,421) and Kenya (wtf?) getting iPhones, but I don't see Taiwan, one of the most technologically innovative countries in the world, hugely responsible for the manufacturing of iPhone, not on the list.  Shame on you Apple.  After bending over for you on several occasions (link), you would turn around and humiliate us like that.  It really makes me wonder what kind of bastards (most likely mainland Chinese) Steve Jobs has hired working for him.

Wow I just realize it's been nearly 2 month since I last posted.  Well I'm working at a new place now, it's a e-commerce website that primarily sells computer accessories.  You can visit their site at www.justdeals.com
They do most of their business via ebay despite having a web store.  I spend majority of my time generating reports, researching into the market, optimizing auction schedules and coming up with new channels and methods to sell our inventory.

Anyways that's not really why I'm posting, I just saw some interesting article about MMORPG in China, here is what the article said:

"Chinese gamers are an unwelcome species on European and American servers," said a game manager who once worked on World of Warcraft. Chinese players always have ways of quickly ascending levels that leave European and American gamers in the dust, and on group missions they do not like to respect the tacit rules of profit division. For those "pedantic" European and American gamers, Chinese players are like fearsome pagans. "European and American games do not encourage unlimited superiority of power; they put more of an emphasis on balance and cooperative support." The former WOW manager said, "Perhaps this is because of the influence of traditional culture and the current environment; truth be told, Chinese gamers are better suited to jungle-style gaming."
An online game manager recalled that he once received at the company a gamer who had money but no patience. This gamer came with an inquiry: could he simply pay to purchase high-level equipment? Everyone at the company had a good chuckle at that. Now, the manager sighs regretfully: they did not realize that the gamer represented an immense business opportunity. ZT Online, on the other hand, saw it and achieved success."

Long story short, the article basically says Chinese gamers are selfish, backstabbing sons of bitches that will walk all over you if you aren't careful.  The guy then attribute this behavior to the current Chinese culture and environment.  Maybe it's just me, but I laughed when the person coined the term jungle-style gaming.

On the contrary, Taiwanese RPG gamers are actually very cooperative, in a way they're almost TOO nice.  This is usually shown through their excessive use of smileys and generosity.  In team combat situations they're willing to put themselves on the line as well.  Upon a team wipe they usually just respond with more smileys (or frowns) instead of angry remarks.  Does this also reflect on the Taiwanese culture and environment?  I sure think so.