Han Ziwen (Center) celebrates his purchase of the first Apple Inc. iPad tablet computer with Apple... [+]
China loves foreign brands and the brand it loves most is Apple (AAPL).
Campaign Magazine UK's latest Asia-Pacific 2012 Asia Top 1,000 Brands report, released last month, shows more than half of China's preferential corporate brands are multinational names.
Household brand names Baidu (BIDU) and Mengniu Dairy Co, which appeared in the top 10 last year, saw their ranking drop this year in the Chinese market, well into the 30s and 80s. Not a single Chinese brand was listed among the top 100 in the overall Asia-Pacific region, including computer maker Lenovo.
Here's the top 10:
1. Apple
2. Nestle
3. Chanel
4. Sony
5. Samsung
6. Uni-President
7. Panasonic
8. Nike
9. Canon
10. Starbucks
