Hitler is alive and well and working in the mobile phone industry.

This tragic turn of events was unveiled yesterday, as a consultant revealed the trials and tribulations of working with a new global superpower.

It's all the fault of the Chinese, you see.

Our consultant, who begged not to be name, unveiled the ghastly truth to Ron Seal.

"The Chinese are becoming increasingly influential in the mobile  phone industry,"  our contact explained.

HDC, for example, makes Orange's own brand handsets, the SPV, as well as the 02 XBA. Now the company wants to sell handsets in the UK under its own name.

Which means they'll be communicating a lot more with thier UK contacts. Or having confusing conversations with them.

One way they've found to break down the barriers is to adopt anglicised names for their email addresses. So Deng Wang becomes Derek Wang when he's emailing his UK contacts. John is another popular name to adopt. As is Charlie.

One Chinese executive, whose name begins with an H, got a little too creative with his choice of European ID though.

His adopted christian name? Hitler.

He might get a mixed reception, as we say in the mobile phone industry.