BEIJING, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Sales of iPhones continue to fall in urban China and now trail Chinese brands such as Huawei and Xiaomi, an industry survey showed Thursday.
In Q2, Apple accounted for 17.9 percent of smartphone sales in urban China, 1.8 percentage points less than a year ago, according to a survey conducted by Kantar Worldpanel.
"The decline has pushed Apple behind Huawei at 25.7 percent and Xiaomi at 18.5 percent," said Tamsin Timpson, strategic insight director at Kantar Asia, although iPhone 6s and 6s plus remain the top sellers.
With the iPhone SE in short supply, the model made little impact, accounting for only 2.5 percent of total sales.
In contrast to the decline in China, iPhones returned to growth in France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain and the United States.
In the United States, Apple's sales grew 1.3 percentage points year-on-year, accounting for 31.8 percent of all sales.
Kantar Worldpanel ComTech carries out monthly panel surveys among Chinese urban mobile phone users to monitor the market share of various brands. Enditem
By Chenchen Shen
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- "Wushu is really fun and I enjoy it a lot," Henry Barna, a 9-year-old student at a local martial arts school, told Xinhua Wednesday, referring to the Chinese term for marial arts.
The excitement appeared to be even greater as a professional coaching team from China was teaching traditional Chinese sports at the school for two days.
The team including five coaches came from the Chinese Leisure Sports Administrative Center. It's the first time they came to the United States to teach traditional Chinese sports. The two-day program mainly focused on three sports: dragon and lion dance, Chinese folk dance (Yangge) and Taiji softball (Rouliqiu).
"All the students, both adults and children, are having so much fun," Wang Wei, head coach at Wushu Unlimited martial arts school, said, smiling. "They can learn something while having fun. They will experience the Chinese culture and also have a good workout."
Wang Wei, who also has experience teaching Wushu at California State University Fullerton (CSUF) on a weekly basis, said Americans were familiar with the dragon and lion dance, as well as Chinese folk dances.
"It is the thing I saw a lot in China, and sometimes here in the U.S.," Jennifer Johnson, co-founder of Wushu Unlimited, said. "It is really a thrill for all of us to have this class here."
Nevertheless, it was the first time that Taiji softball was introduced to the local community.
"Taiji softball is a new sport which combines tennis skills and the principles of Taiji Quan," Wang Yulong, deputy director at the Chinese Leisure Sports Administrative Center, said. "We want to introduce this sport to the Chinese community here as well as to our American friends."
"It is very special and different," Henry said, adding that he enjoyed learning Taiji softball. "You move the paddle like in the shape of a U, I do not think you can do that with a tennis racket."
"My mom came to the Taiji softball class yesterday," Johnson told Xinhua. "I can not get her to come to our regular Taiji class here, but she did the ball and she really likes it."
The coaching team from China only stayed in Los Angeles for three days, but donated a dragon for dances, fans for the Yangge dance and Taiji softball sets to the school.
"We can continue to practice after they leave," Wang Wei said. "But we are working on some programs so that hopefully they can come here annually and teach some classes."
With over 100 students, Wushu Unlimited martial arts school is the largest one of its kind in the city.
"I started a couple weeks ago," 6-year-old Ella Garlett said. She added that girls can also do Wushu, which would make them stronger.
"I learn punching, kick overs and splits," Sagan Rapp, an 8-year-old boy who has been learning Wushu for more than two years, said. "We play fun games,too."
A third of the students at the school are Asian, the rest are either Caucasian or from mixed-race families, Wang Wei said.
"They all love Chinese Kongfu, their parents too," Wang Wei said. "They learn Wushu here, learn about the Chinese culture. At the same time they build up a strong sense of confidence. They learn to be respectful to others. They really enjoy it and work very hard."
ANKARA cheap jordan 11 mid wholesale , June 29 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's military is gearing up for an all-out offensive on areas currently held by Kurdish militia in northern Syria, local media reported on Thursday.
The Turkish military is expected to launch an operation near the Turkish border town of Kilis to take Afrin cheap jordan 11 mid retro , Tell Rifaat and Minnigh Military Airport, held by the Democratic Union Party (PYD) cheap air jordan 11 mid , the Daily Sabah reported.
Turkish troops, which have been building up its presence at the Syrian border for a long time cheap jordan 11 high retro , is likely to kick off the operation to sweep PYD and YPG (People's Protection Units), terrorists from Afrin this weekend cheap jordan 11 high wholesale , it quoted military sources as saying.
This new offensive could be similar to the Operation Euphrates Shield, which was launched on August 24 cheap air jordan 11 high , 2016, and ended in March this year.
Tensions between Turkey and the PYD and YPG forces have been escalating recently. Late Tuesday cheap jordan 11 low wholesale , Turkish army retaliated with artillery fire at the YPG forces in northern Syria after the Kurdish militia targeted Turkey-backed rebels.
Ankara sees the YPG as the Syrian offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) outlawed for its decades of armed struggle for autonomy in southeastern Turkey, a predominantly Kurdish region. But the United States regards the Kurdish militia as a reliable force to fight the Islamic State terrorists in Syria.
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