"Huawei is better than Apple"

[Randy W]

from the SCMP - this is about the rise and fall from grace of foreign companies in the eyes of Chinese consumers

 

Huawei is better than Apple in the eyes of Chinese consumers despite their preference for global companies, new poll reveals

Chinese consumers believe that Huawei ‘stands out from the crowd’ and is more ‘genuine’ than Apple, whose reputation in China was damaged by the Foxconn working conditions scandal in 2012. Huawei came second after Intel

 

 

 

 

Google took fourth place in a ranking of 155 Chinese and multinational companies’ reputations based on Chinese consumers’ views, while Huawei, the world’s largest telecommunications manufacturer, placed second overall. Baidu lagged far behind in 125th place, while Apple was ranked at No. 12.

 

“We believe that companies here in China are held to higher standards than other companies in other parts of the world,” said Nicolas Georges Trad, executive partner at Reputation Institute.

 

 

on Google and Baidu -

It was hit hard by an advertising scandal in 2016, when medical student Wei Zexi, who had pursued cancer treatments he had seen in promoted web searches on Baidu, died of his illness.

Before his death, Wei had accused Baidu, among other parties, of misleading him. That sparked a major public and media backlash in China that negatively affected Baidu’s reputation.

That appears to have continued to this day, with Chinese consumers rating Google higher in terms of governance, fair business practices, ethical behaviour and data privacy in the study.

 

 

[Greg.D.]

It's still an android phone

[Randy W]

It's still an android phone

 

 

. . . which is probably no small part of the appeal