No iPad sales in China or export

[sthubbar]

According to this article, is sounds like Apple made a big mistake by not following mainland China law.

http://tabletcrunch.com/2012/02/14/ipads-in-china/

Those of you on the mainland, any reports of the iPads disappearing form stores, whether official Apple store or non-official store?

[kari]

Yeah big mistake. Taiwanese law and Chinese law aren't the same even though its all considered China.

[T-revor]

And as we speak, China’s Administration of Industry and Commerce is confiscating, criminal like, any iPads it finds for sale – basically pulling them right off the shelves.

While they're at it they might want to walk down to every corner DVD store in the country.

[icebear]

This is also of interest: http://www.macrumors.com/2012/02/15/chinese-customs-tells-proview-that-ban-of-ipad-exports-would-be-difficult/

"The customs have told us that it will be difficult to implement a ban because many Chinese consumers love Apple products. The sheer size of the market is very big," Yang Long-san, chief of Proview Technology (Shenzhen), told Reuters in a telephone interview on Wednesday.

In the end I doubt any widespread, lasting ban will be implemented, either on paper or reality; some agreement will be reached, probably with Chinese authorities pressuring ProView to concede for a lesser amount than demanded. If a ban on exports was actually implemented the chilling effect for investment in Chinese manufacturing facilities would be far too large/risky.