Interestingly enough, Apple's growth in China is all from its hardware.
But in China, for every dollar in hardware sales there is only eight cents in software sales.
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"China is the most competitive country for hardware, " says Mr Lee.
That concern is especially pronounced in Northeast Asia, the industrial heartland of the new global economy, because countries like China can afford to buy the latest military hardware.
Telecommunications hardware companies have done a thriving business in China for most of the past decade, but slower demand and tough competition has taken a toll in the past year.
In the U.S., which spends about six times as much on supercomputers as China, the software budget equals about 30% of hardware spending, and computer specialists say even that level isn't sufficient.
To date, China has so far launched four unmanned space missions to test the hardware for the manned flight.
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Android smartphone vendors have employed 50-60% lower price with inferior hardware highly successfully against Apple in Brazil, India and China.
Amazon doesn't yet sell its Kindle or e-readers in China, though many analysts expect the company to begin selling its hardware there soon.
China said the new vessel is part of a systematic upgrading of naval hardware.
At today's Qualcomm QRD Summit in Shenzhen, China Mobile sent its Deputy General Manager of Products Wang Hengjiang to share some hardware stats.
At today's 2013 Qualcomm China Partner Summit in Shenzhen, China Mobile sent its Deputy General Manager of Products Wang Hengjiang to share some hardware stats.
Last month, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates visited Shenzhen in southern China to unveil the company's "Venus project, " software and hardware that allows VCD players and other consumer devices to display Chinese Internet content on TVs.
This is critical analysis for any online game company, PC hardware maker, components maker, service provider, or institutional investor with an eye on China.
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