The Apple people of China, as well as the entire general public, join their American and worldwide counterparts in unspeakable pain as the terrifying news of the Great Leader Steve Jobs’s sudden and unfortunate passing away spread like wildfire, with the shock of the news painfully stabbing the hearts of Mac enthusiasts and users everywhere.
At the Sanlitun Apple Store, the first such store in the People’s Republic of China, people gathered outside and inside the Apple Store to mourn the loss of the Great Leader. Dedicated space was graciously allocated inside the store, along with a picture in black and white of the Great Leader. The masses gathered outside the Apple Store to take pictures of the flowers and of pictures of the Great Leader.
David Feng, one of the founders of the Beijing Macintosh User Group (now the beimac circle), represented the entire community by laying a white flower to remember the deceased Great Leader. He arrived with his wife. Earlier, he, like many others, sent email to Apple, to mourn the loss of the Great Leader and to pledge unconditional support for the new generation Apple leadership under CEO Tim Cook.
The masses also came out for the mourning in a myriad of different ways in other cities around the nation.
At the newly-opened Nanjing East Road Apple Store in Shanghai, China’s biggest city, to remember the beloved late leader, people left bitten apples as a symbolic gesture to their beloved company, Apple Inc.
A 19-year old designer from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region designed a touching and striking icon, where the head of the late leader “became” the bite in the apple.
Government-owned Chinese Central Television’s Chinese-language 24-hour news channel dedicated 15-20 minutes of uninterrupted airtime to mourn the loss of the Great Leader and exhibited his magnificent efforts during his 56 years of life.
The people of China join their American counterparts and counterparts everywhere in remembering the late Great Leader. His body has passed on but he will forever remain in the minds of everyone, and the spirit of the Great Leader will forever be the foundation of Apple.
The Great Leader Steve Jobs is immortal.
Rest in peace, Steve.