Apple is eyeing the Chinese market for expansion, but it has a troubling problem with grey market devices that it needs to overcome first. According to a report from a Beijing research firm, over one million iPads were sold in China during Q2 2011, but almost half of these sales came from the grey market.
Analysts claim Apple's delayed rollout and low inventory of products in China has contributed to this problem. The 3G iPad 2, for example, went on sale in China this September, a full six months after the device went on sale in the US. Chinese consumers that wanted an iPad 2 right away turned to local vendors and paid a little bit more to get their tablet early. When Apple
