People line up outside an Apple's flagship store in Beijing. (PhotoBeijing Morning Post)
Scalpers are trying to cash in on Chinese consumers who eagerly want a battery replacement for their iPhone 6s
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Apple is offering free battery replacements for iPhone 6s users, but it is a lengthy process and difficult to make reservations in cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
"I came to try my luck, though I heard it was almost impossible to get the battery replaced by lining up," a man surnamed Wang said outside Apple's flagship store in Beijing's Sanlitun area.
"Long queues are common in front of all Apple stores in Beijing
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Not everyone has the patience to line up, however, and where there is profit, there are scalpers. And this time, the scalpers are using the internet.
By typing "reservation" into the search boxes of some e-commerce platforms
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The prices range from 10 yuan ($1.5) to 100 yuan, depending on the cities. But even after purchasing the reservations online, customers must still wait two or three days.
Apple's customer service advises iPhone 6s users to avoid rush hours for battery replacements, but customers are unclear about when rush hours occur.
Catalonia’s regional parliament declared independence from Spain on Friday in a disputed vote that is now likely to be declared illegal by Spain’s constitutional court and not recognised by any other European state.
The independence motion was passed in the 135-strong assembly with 70 votes in favour
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The vote comes as the central government in Madrid completes the formalities of imposing direct rule on Catalonia in response to what it sees as an illegal secession. Catalonia has enjoyed widespread autonomy under the 1978 constitution which restored democratic rule after the death of right-wing dictator Francisco Franco. Spain’s Senate voted to impose central control over Catalan institutions, such as its police force and tax collectors
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Friday’s developments create an unprecedented situation in the European Union, which has never before had to deal with the breakup of a member state. Catalans have said they want to stay in the EU, but the EU treaty has no provision for giving membership to breakaway regions, and many member states have no desire to encourage separatism in their now countries by recognizing a new Catalan state.
EU Council President Donald Tusk said via Twitter that “For EU nothing changes. Spain remains our only interlocutor. I hope the Spanish government favours force of argument, not argument of force.” The State Department
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For EU nothing changes. Spain remains our only interlocutor. I hope the Spanish government favours force of argument, not argument of force.
— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) October 27, 2017
The crisis has taken nearly a month to come to a head since Catalonia staged a referendum on independence on Oct. 1, with neither side wishing to be seen as plunging the kingdom into a full-blown constitutional crisis. The referendum was not legal under Spanish law
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The news has hit Spain’s financial markets, which had hoped until the last for some kind of face-saving compromise. Regional leader Carles Puigdemont had only appeared to give up on finding such a compromise Thursday, after threats from the more extreme members of his own coalition to leave the government if he failed to press on.
The benchmark IBEX 35 stock index fell 1.8% in a matter of minutes after the vote. The yield on Spain’s benchmark 10-year bond, a rough proxy for the country’s political risk, rose by 0.07 percent to 1.62%. While that’s a sharp movement
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Angel Talavera, an analyst with London-based Oxford Economics
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