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Tim Cook touts Apple’s ‘symbiotic relationship’ with China

Monday, March 27, 2023 3:53 pm15 Comments

As tensions between Beijing and Washington continue to rise, Tim Cook touted Apple’s “symbiotic relationship” with CCP-controlled China …

Apple will conduct audit of its human rights policy and labor practices this year

Wednesday, January 18, 2023 4:45 pmThursday, January 19, 2023No Comments

According to a recent SEC filing, Apple will be doing an audit in connection to its human rights policy and worker rights this year…

Apple CEO Cook dodges questions about China protests; Enes Kanter Freedom: ‘Shame on him’

Friday, December 2, 2022 1:40 pmFriday, December 2, 202221 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook is taking heat after refusing to answer questions from a Capitol Hill reporter on the protests in China. “Shame on him…”

FCC Commissioner calls out Apple CEO Tim Cook over human rights hypocrisy

Friday, April 22, 2022 10:48 am16 Comments

U.S. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr this week sent Apple CEO Tim Cook a letter calling out Cook’s hypocrisy on human rights…

Peter Thiel: Apple’s relationship with China is a ‘real problem’

Wednesday, April 7, 2021 11:23 pm15 Comments

Venture capitalist, early Facebook investor, and conservative donor Peter Thiel criticized big U.S. tech companies, including Apple and…

H&M erased from Apple Maps and other apps in China

Friday, March 26, 2021 4:02 pmFriday, March 26, 202164 Comments

As of Thursday, H&M had been wiped off Apple Maps in China and also removed from China’s leading e-commerce, ride-hailing, daily-deals…

Apple supplier O-Film has lost ‘particular overseas client’

Tuesday, March 16, 2021 9:20 am1 Comment

China’s O-Film, an Apple supplier which makes camera modules, told investors that it received a notification from a “particular overseas…

Apple purges thousands of apps from China App Store amid CCP pressure

Wednesday, December 23, 2020 3:35 pm22 Comments

Apple is purging thousands of videogame apps from the App Store in China as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) clamps down on such content…

China’s O-Film kicked out of Apple’s supply chain over human rights violations

Thursday, December 3, 2020 9:28 am1 Comment

The U.S. Department of Commerce had early in July designated O’Film Group among a list of eleven Chinese companies that it accuses…

Apple quietly publishes human rights policy ahead of shareholder motion deadline

Friday, September 4, 2020 11:42 am29 Comments

Apple’s board of directors has approved a “human rights” policy and quietly published it ahead of a September 5th deadline for shareholders…

U.S. AG Barr blasts Apple as ‘all too willing’ to cooperate with China

Thursday, July 16, 2020 2:09 pmThursday, July 16, 202039 Comments

U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday said U.S. technology companies including Apple have been “all too willing” to collaborate with China’s CCP…

Apple is ‘assessing’ Hong Kong security law imposed by China

Monday, July 6, 2020 11:56 pm11 Comments

The sweeping new national security law that China imposed on Hong Kong at the end of June is aimed at stamping out opposition to the ruling Communist…

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s continued kowtowing to China is a very bad look

Thursday, October 10, 2019 12:05 pmThursday, October 10, 201939 Comments

China poses a triple threat to Apple. First, the escalating trade war between the US and China…

Apple condemns British spy agency group’s proposal to destroy message encryption

Thursday, May 30, 2019 9:11 am5 Comments

Apple, Google, Microsoft and WhatsApp have co-signed an open letter urging the UK government…

Chinese Apple iCloud accounts are now based in a state-run cloud

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 10:01 amWednesday, July 18, 20187 Comments

Apple users in China have had their data migrated to a local cloud, run by the Red State’s mobile telecoms provider…

Telegram says Apple has prevented it from updating its messaging app since April

Thursday, May 31, 2018 8:58 amThursday, May 31, 20185 Comments

Apple has prevented the Telegram messaging service from updating globally ever since Russia ordered Apple…

Russia wants Apple to pull Telegram off Russian App Store – or else

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 3:25 pmWednesday, May 30, 201815 Comments

Apple and Russia are locked in a stand-off over the company’s App Store…

Apple removes apps with CallKit framework from the App Store in China

Monday, May 21, 2018 9:29 amMonday, May 21, 20189 Comments

It’s been nearly a year since Apple began removing all VPN apps from the App Store in China…

UBS: Apple’s iPhone unlikely to recover damaged Chinese marketshare

Monday, April 16, 2018 4:55 pmMonday, April 16, 201810 Comments

CEO Tim Cook once envisioned China as Apple’s next big market, set to eclipse even the U.S. in revenue…

Amnesty International accuses Apple of betraying Chinese iCloud users

Thursday, March 22, 2018 10:06 am35 Comments

Amnesty International says Apple Inc is creating the Orwellian future it once envisioned…

China’s internet censors ban use of the letter ‘N’

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 2:02 pmWednesday, February 28, 201832 Comments

The Chinese government demonstrated just how much power it has over the opinions of its billion-strong population…

Apple is under fire for moving iCloud data to China; Amnesty International blasts move

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 10:26 amWednesday, February 28, 201811 Comments

Apple’s latest move in China has privacy advocates and human rights groups worried…

Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human rights fears

Monday, February 26, 2018 3:44 pmMonday, February 26, 201810 Comments

When Apple Inc begins hosting Chinese users’ iCloud accounts in a new Chinese data center…

Apple’s China lesson: Think different, but not too different

Monday, February 26, 2018 3:04 pmMonday, February 26, 20187 Comments

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook will co-chair the Chinese government’s showcase global business forum…

Apple in talks for first order from a Chinese chipmaker

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 9:27 am8 Comments

Apple is in talks with state-backed Yangtze Memory Technologies to buy NAND flash chips…

Apple aims to block shareholder proposals on climate and human rights concerns

Monday, December 11, 2017 9:09 amMonday, December 11, 201719 Comments

Apple Inc is pushing back on shareholder proposals on climate issue and human rights concerns…

Venezuelan currency madness values a local bank more than Apple Inc.

Friday, August 11, 2017 9:26 amFriday, August 11, 201733 Comments

What does it take to surpass Apple Inc. as the world’s most valuable traded company?

Tim Cook pens profile honoring Didi Chuxing president Jean Liu for TIME’s ‘100 Most Influential People’ list

Thursday, April 20, 2017 4:25 pmThursday, April 20, 20178 Comments

Last year, Apple made an unusual move…

Apple to spend $507 million to set up two more research centers, boost investment in in China

Friday, March 17, 2017 8:44 am2 Comments

Apple Inc. has revealed plans to set up two more research centers and boost investment in China…

“1984” in 2017: Apple’s Orwellian move in China

Tuesday, January 10, 2017 11:39 amTuesday, January 10, 201730 Comments

Most people old enough to have watched the 1984 Super Bowl will not remember the two American football teams…

Apple to set up second R&D center in China

Wednesday, October 12, 2016 9:31 am3 Comments

Apple Inc. will set up a research and development center in China’s manufacturing metropolis Shenzhen…

Apple’s first R&D Center in China will develop hardware, employ 500

Thursday, September 29, 2016 10:29 amThursday, September 29, 20169 Comments

Apple Inc.’s first research center in China will be a $45 million facility located in the capital to develop hardware…

Apple’s funding of Didi Chuxing aided in Uber’s China capitulation

Wednesday, August 3, 2016 3:28 pmWednesday, August 3, 2016No Comments

Apple Inc’s $1 billion investment in car-hailing app Didi Chuxing in May helped accelerate Uber’s decision…

China replaces top internet regulator and censor with deputy

Thursday, June 30, 2016 10:28 amThursday, June 30, 201613 Comments

China has replaced its internet regulator, Lu Wei, the hard-liner responsible for leading the government’s efforts…

Apple to face more scrutiny as China cracks down on apps

Wednesday, June 29, 2016 10:56 amWednesday, June 29, 20163 Comments

More than half a billion Chinese smartphone users face increased monitoring of their mobile app…

Why Apple’s $1 billion investment in Didi Chuxing is so weird

Friday, June 3, 2016 5:35 pmWednesday, August 3, 201631 Comments

When Apple announced recently that it had invested $1 billion in Chinese ride-sharing giant Didi Chuxing…

Apple’s new love affair with India leaves China sweating

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 9:57 amWednesday, May 25, 20168 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s surprise first trip to India last week may be firmly in the history books, but…

In meeting with Apple CEO Cook, Chinese regulator stresses security

Thursday, May 19, 2016 8:55 amThursday, May 19, 20166 Comments

The head of China’s industry and technology regulator stressed Chinese users’ security in a meeting…

China quietly subjects Apple, other U.S. tech products to security reviews

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 1:27 pm9 Comments

Chinese authorities are quietly scrutinizing technology products sold in China by Apple…

Apple CEO Cook upbeat on visit to Beijing

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 10:00 amTuesday, May 17, 20163 Comments

Mr. Cook’s upbeat tone on Monday reflects a strategy common among Western companies of not speaking publicly about…

Watch Apple CEO Tim Cook make music with Chinese version of GarageBand

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 8:55 amTuesday, May 17, 20167 Comments

Apple’s attempt to court China now extends as far as its free music creation app…

Apple celebrates Chinese music with GarageBand update

Monday, May 16, 2016 8:58 pmMonday, May 16, 20162 Comments

Apple today announced an update to GarageBand that celebrates the rich history of Chinese music…

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