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Big crowds in Alibaba’s hometown for China’s newest Apple store

BYPhilip Elmer-DeWitt
Apple Flagship Store Opens In Hangzhou
HANGZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 24: (CHINA OUT) People test out products in the new Apple flagship store at Pinghai Road on January 24, 2015 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province of China. Citizens, sales clerks and Apple fans celebrated the opening of the first store in the capital of Zhejiang Province. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
Photograph by ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images

Apple on Saturday opened another Chinese Apple Store — its 20th — in Hangzhou, known for its picturesque lake and the corporate headquarters of Alibaba, China’s largest e-tailer.

Tim Cook tweeted this one:

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Apple Fans Wait For The Largest Apple Store In Asia To Open In HangzhouApple fans sleep as they wait for the opening of Asia’s largest Apple store.Photograph by ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images

Apple Flagship Store Opens In HangzhouPeople prepare for the opening.Photograph by ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images

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