{"id":1172445,"date":"2021-12-30T11:49:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T16:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172445"},"modified":"2021-12-30T11:49:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T16:49:13","slug":"apple-loves-china-launches-year-of-the-tiger-themed-earbuds-for-chinese-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apple-loves-china-launches-year-of-the-tiger-themed-earbuds-for-chinese-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Loves China: Launches &#039;Year of the Tiger&#039; Themed Earbuds for Chinese New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fapple-loves-china-launches-year-of-the-tiger-themed-earbuds-for-chinese-new-year%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172445&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Beats Studio, the high-end consumer audio company founded by rap producer Dr. Dre and later acquired by Apple, is launching a special \u201cYear of the Tiger\u201d edition of their Beats Studio Buds to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2006, Beats was acquired by Apple for $3 billion in 2014, in what is still the largest acquisition in the tech giant\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_17189466\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DrDreNicoleYoung1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17189466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DrDreNicoleYoung1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicole Young and record producer Dr. Dre (Photo by Kevin Winter\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18894978\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/chinese-children-flag-china-beijing-jul2021-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18894978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/chinese-children-flag-china-beijing-jul2021-getty.jpg\" alt=\"BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 01: Chinese students wave party and national flags at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party at Tiananmen Square on July 1, 2021 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">BEIJING, CHINA \u2013 JULY 01: Chinese students wave party and national flags at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party at Tiananmen Square on July 1, 2021 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re celebrating the Lunar New Year with our special-edition Beats Studio Buds,\u201d announced the company on its official Twitter account. \u201cAs a tribute to the Year of the Tiger, the Buds feature an all-red design with gold tiger print accents. Out on January 1st!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re celebrating the Lunar New Year with our special-edition Beats Studio Buds. As a tribute to the Year of the Tiger, the Buds feature an all-red design with gold tiger print accents. Out on January 1st! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hDjDhW15rV\">pic.twitter.com\/hDjDhW15rV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Beats by Dre (@beatsbydre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beatsbydre\/status\/1475632661804761092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Regular Beats Studio Buds retail for approximately $119 to $150 in U.S. stores. The Year of the Tiger-themed buds will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatsbydre.com.cn\/earphones\/studio-buds?sku=CNYSB\">retail for 1099 yuan in China<\/a>, or roughly $170.<\/p>\n<p>According to Macrumors, Apple also created special products to mark the Year of the Tiger in Japan, where a version of the zodiac similar to China\u2019s is widely observed.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2021\/12\/28\/beats-studio-buds-lunar-new-year-edition\/\">Macrumors<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Apple is also celebrating the Year of the Tiger with a limited-edition AirTag in Japan. As part of a Japanese New Year promotion, the first 20,000 customers in Japan who order a new iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, or iPhone SE from Apple on January 2 or January 3 will receive the AirTag, which is stamped with a custom-designed tiger emoji.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Apple\u2019s ties to China are well-documented. As Breitbart News reported earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/12\/08\/deal-with-the-devil-apple-signed-275-billion-contract-with-china-to-avoid-crackdown\/\">Apple signed a massive, $275 billion deal with China in 2016<\/a> to avoid restrictions on Apple doing business in the Communist-run nation.<\/p>\n<p>Most Apple products are manufactured in China. The vast Foxconn plant in&nbsp;Zhengzhou, Henan Province is known as \u201ciPhone city,\u201d and has regularly attracted negative press coverage over its working conditions, although workers at the plant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/apple-iphone-factory-foxconn-china-photos-tour-2018-5\">have said<\/a> that conditions there are no worse than other factories in the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong><em>Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News.&nbsp;He is the author of&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/DELETED-Techs-Battle-Movement-Election\/dp\/154605930X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">#DELETED: Big Tech\u2019s Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal The Election.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beats Studio, the high-end consumer audio company founded by rap producer Dr. Dre and later acquired by Apple, is launching a special \u201cYear of the Tiger\u201d edition of their Beats &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1172445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1172445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1172445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1172445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1172445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}