Apple 2.0  Covering the business that Steve Jobs built  Tasers,
taxes and the launch of the iPhone 5 in China  December 15,
2012: 11:14 AM ET  Why are the lines of Chinese buyers are so
long in the U.S. and so short in Beijing?  Tased in New
Hampshire  Tased in New Hampshire  FORTUNE -- Two seemingly
contradictory stories made headlines this week.  On Tuesday, a
44-year-old Chinese woman was captured on video being tased and
handcuffed in a Nashua, N.H., mall after trying to buy more than
her allotted quota of iPhone 5s. According to witnesses she
became violently abusive when asked to leave the store, first by
Apple (AAPL) management, then by Nashua cops. Her boyfriend
denies that she was collecting phones for resale in China, but
according to the officers who arrested her she was carrying
$16,000 in cash.  Removing unneeded barricades in Beijing
Unbarricaded in Beijing  On Friday, Apple began selling the
iPhone 5 on mainland China, and the few buyers who showed up
were outnumbered by reporters. Videos from