Steve Jobs, Apple's iconic chief executive officer, announced Mondayhis decision to take medical leave from the $65 billionconsumer electronics empire he created. The news shocked fans and investors around the world, particularly in China, where the iPhone 4 and the iPad have an army of cult worshipers and more than a few knock-off imitators.

Jobs' departure has sent many Chinese Apple fans to the Web, where a number expressed sentiments similar to those found in the U.S.--fears that Apple may fall hard without Jobs' guiding force and worries that future products will suffer without him. Many conveyed utmostadoration: 'Jobs can do without Apple, but Apple by no means can live without Jobs,' one user of Sina.com's microblog wrote. Another wrote: 'Apple can't live without you, hang in there old Jobs!'

Yet other reactions to the news bore a different tone, highlighting the vastly different attitudes that U.S. consumers and their Chinese counterparts have toward big-shot corporate types. 'If this were the CEO of CNPC [China National Petroleum Corporation], saying 'game-over,' the stock price would surely go up,' one user of Netease wrote.

While many are still reacting to the news, below is a random sampling of some of the other Jobs-related chatter floating around the Chinese Internet:

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