Red Pad for top brass

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Fri, 2012-01-20 23:30

The pricey device, whose existence was publicised by state media this week, has drawn mocking comparisons to Apple's iPad from Chinese netizens. "The iPad is a symbol of fashion, is this pad a symbol of bigwigs?" read a posting by Vicin Zheng Jun through the popular Sina microblog service. Red is the color of China's Communist Party and in the political context refers to someone who is patriotic. Red Pad Technology will not sell the product to the public but only bureaucrats, state media reported.

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