The model here is so different from the West. E-readers are relatively pricey in China because e-reader vendors need to make money from the hardware since Chinese users resist paying for the content.

这里的业务模式与西方的电子阅读器市场非常不同，大陆电子阅读器的价格要比西方市场相对更贵，原因是大陆的电子阅读器厂商需要依靠卖硬件才能赚钱，导致这种局面的背景，则是大陆的用户几乎没有付费买电子书的习惯。

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McDonald's unveiled an upgraded online-to-offline (O2O) strategy in the Chinese mainland, aiming to link more stores to digital hardware and personalized products across the nation.

麦当劳公布了在中国大陆升级的线上到线下(o2o)战略，旨在将全国更多的商店与数字化硬件和个性化产品联系起来。

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The slider looked pretty nice, but all the aforementioned hardware was set up in Chinese, so we lost interest pretty quickly.

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On his most recent trip, he stopped in Shenzhen to confirm that he had lined up nearly every major Chinese computer manufacturer behind his company's "Venus project, " a combination of software and hardware that lets VCD players and other, similar devices display Chinese-language Internet content on an ordinary TV set.

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Moreover, the Saudis are also now buying more Chinese goods mostly food, textiles, hardware and heavy industrial stuff than American ones.

ECONOMIST: The Saudis are hedging their bets