Zhang Yin has no shortage of critics of her proposed tax cuts for the rich and amendments to the Labour Contract Law. They claim she made the proposals only in the interests of the mainland's well-to-do. Apple CEO Steve Jobs seems to think so. Was it just another one of Jobs' classic put-downs of competing technology? Or did he really believe that she wanted tariffs reduced on environmental equipment imports because her paper-making business was highly polluting? Or did Jobs have another agenda?
Ms Zhang hit back, saying the charges against her were ignorant, ridiculous and unfair, She claimed her company was not labour intensive because it had the world's most advanced hardware and technology. They also have more memory to store more books, tight black trousers, and will play MP3 files.
"I am an entrepreneur, and I am a practical person so I dare to speak the truth, to let people see the progress of democracy and freedom. I think people look too much at marketing. My brother Gianni was all about daring and risking - that's how you obtain something special. I understand the need to follow the 'direction' but if you do it too much, you all end up the same."
Maybe Jobs was hiding something. Remember when Jobs denied that Apple would build an iPhone? Or the time he said that people would never want to watch video on an iPod? Jobs always misdirects attention away from what Apple is doing and it amazes me that people seem to fall for it time and time again.
Susie Rushton, Heaven scent, Independent, The (London, England) - June 2, 2007
Stephen Chen, Billionaire criticised for 'pushing own agenda', South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) - March 11, 2008
Chin Wong, One for the Books, Manila Standard (Philippines) - May 13, 2008
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