It’s only been since last Saturday, but I already am in love with the iPad and it’s potential technological implications.

Of course, one of the key success factors for Apple and countless developers are the apps.

And by some accounts, it’s China:1, U.S.:0

The Wall Street Journal and the NY Times had access to the iPad pre-release, yet the NYT has not released an app and the WSJ had to install a patch to fix bugs three days after launch (not even mentioning the anachronistic business model).

Yet China Daily, despite being thousands of miles away and not having the luxury of testing on an actual device, already has an iPad app for the paper.

The developed world better start developing their game – and apps.