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Besides Lenovo? I had seen Alibaba.com come up in my searches for electronic knick knacks. It's impressively huge. Baidu Baike comes up in discussions of what c
by minopret 14y ago
Besides Lenovo? I had seen Alibaba.com come up in my searches for electronic knick knacks. It's impressively huge. Baidu Baike comes up in discussions of what could compare to Wikipedia, although I'll admit I wasn't able to spell it without searching for it. I'm aware that there are additional Chinese sites in the top 10 on Alexa, but I couldn't name them without looking.
So I imagine that, like me, a lot of Hacker News users can think of a couple of Chinese brands.
- networked 14y agoXiaomi should also be an obvious one to people who work with Android. As for companies with more mainstream recognition, Foxconn, though it's for less than cheerful reasons. Edit: although their largest factory [1] is in Shenzhen, China, Foxconn is actually a Taiwanese company. [1] The (in)famous "Foxconn City" that makes most iStuff, employs over 200000 people and has its own TV station.
- kbar13 14y agofoxconn is from Taiwan...
- networked 14y agoWoops, I thought their headquarters were in mainland China. I guess that may say something about Taiwanese brand recognition.
- kyllo 14y agoFoxconn is a manufacturer, not a brand. They win contracts to manufacture products for other brands. You cannot buy a Foxconn-branded product, because they don't exist (yet).
- shrughes 14y agoYou can buy a Foxconn-branded product. See http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&Manufactory=2136&N=50002136&IsNodeId=1&SpeTabStoreType=0 http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE... I have a barebones PC that's branded Foxconn.
- networked 14y ago>You cannot buy a Foxconn-branded product, because they don't exist (yet). Over the years I have used several Foxconn motherboards. They were clearly branded "Foxconn" on the packaging and the boards themselves. Apparently you can still buy one today [1]. They also sell computer cases, fans and suchlike under their own brand. [1] http://www.foxconnchannel.com/LatestProduct.aspx?T=Motherboard http://www.foxconnchannel.com/LatestProduct.aspx?T=Motherboa...
- wtvanhest 14y agoYou could say the same thing about Intel, but because of their brand strategy, many, many people purchase PC's because of their ingredient. Foxconn could theoretically use the same strategy and as an example, be associated with high quality iPhone manufacturing that doesn't negatively impact their employees. That would make them a brand, the fact that they haven't taken this strategy does not eliminate them from the discussion.
- dwshorowitz 14y agoFoxconn is also a Taiwanese company.
- joshAg 14y agoincluding: Brand / Company % of Respondents Category Lenovo 2.53% Consumer Electronics
- loudmax 14y agoI wouldn't be surprised if 94% of Americans didn't realize that Lenovo was a Chinese brand. Huawei and Haier sound Chinese; Lenovo doesn't. Our letter "v" isn't even a sound in Mandarin.
- mpyne 14y agoI actually thought Haier was a German-sounding brand, I didn't know it was Chinese.
- JumpCrisscross 14y agoHaier is a German name. It was picked, in part, to make the firm sound less Chinese.