Ipad fail on road in Shanghai. iTunes screen of death

I have been traveling with the ipad in China for over a week now and it's been working beautifully. Today I turned it on and it shows an iTunes iconand cable and is lOcked up. Can't get it to do anything. Reboot etc does not work. I'm depending on this for the rest of the trip. I assume it wants to see iTunes on some other computer, but where do I find that in Shanghai? How can I get it working again?

I would guess 4 options,
1) stay in an western hotel in shanghai for a night (make sure they have pcs for their guests (done that all over the world)
2) Splurge and buy a netbook (sell it on ebay when you get home and make $50)
3) pop over to see this apple shop (3rd party) in shanghai
http://www.zimbio.com/MacBooks/articles/xzuG_SPCdmj/AppleRepair+Shop+Shanghai+Shanghai+ExpoChina
4) or go to one of the many real apple shops there see the list here http://bit.ly/cBvZz9
good luck

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...I touched a PC...
...Must sterilize hands...
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