For some the year wasn't filled with joy and happiness, but of regret, remorse and sorrow. But as our roundup of the year's apologies reveals, sometimes saying sorry is never quite enough.Click on the small images above to see who made the cut in our Year in Review.
Scandal-hit furniture dealer Da Vinci told its Chinese customers it was "sorry" on July 22 and admitted failing to properly label the country of origin of some products.[
Olympic champion Zhuang Xiaoyan might sue soft drink manufacturer Jianlibao, which she had accused of awarding her a fake "gold beverage can" after the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992. [
China Telecom Corp Ltd and China Unicom announced on Dec 2 that they will substantially raise their broadband speeds and lower broadband costs over the next five years.[
Renowned blogger Luo Yonghao smashed three Siemens refrigerators in front of the company's Chinese headquarters in Beijing on Nov 20.[
In November, Wal-Mart was ordered to close stores and pay a fine of 2.69 million yuan ($423,000) after some of its stores were found to be selling ordinary pork labeled as more expensive organic meat.[
The Palace Museum inside the Forbidden City issued a public apology on May 16, 2011, for using an incorrect Chinese word on a silk banner thanking policemen who arrested a suspect in a museum theft.[
On March 15, 2011, China's Consumer Rights Day, 50 writers published an open letter accusing Baidu of infringing on their copyright by offering copies of their works on its website.[
ConocoPhillips China apologized again on Nov 13. It was the third time the company apologized for oil spills in North China's Bohai Bay.[
