William Gallagher
As he has with multiple emergencies and natural disasters, Tim Cook has promised that Apple will donate money to assist communities recover from the severe flooding in northern China.
Following many previous relief aid pledges, most recently for Louisiana after Hurricane Ida, Tim Cook has announced Apple will contribute to northern China's relief efforts. As is now the norm, Cook did not specify any amount, or detail how the aid would be distributed.
Unusually, Cook's announcement was solely posted on China's Weibo social media platform, and not repeated on Twitter. The post, specifically about flood recovery efforts in the Shanxi region of northern China, was written in both Chinese and English.
"As the Shanxi region turns toward recovery, we want to do our part supporting relief efforts and helping with the rebuilding," began the English-language part. It then continued to specify that "Apple will donate to help affected communities."
It's reported that the heavy rainfall and consequent flooding has caused the death of at least 15 people. Some 2 million more are affected by the damage.
China has been struggling with floods for some months, with Apple suppliers being affected, or having to prepare emergency response plans.
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What about the people recently displaced in the United States? Oh, yes, I see, China is where Apple makes their $. Hypocritical to put it lightly
Apple donates millions to US relief efforts.
The guy gets around. One of his comments yesterday hit me: at the conference he was at yesterday he said "I'm going to be here [in Utah] for several more hours" like it was all the time in the world. And to him, I suppose it was. He attended 2 or 3 (that I know of) events - where he was the center of attention - after that point.
I see my company's CEO and he's busy, but man, nothing like Tim Cook. The guy is insanely in demand, and as such, insanely busy. So while I understand things like this have to come from him, I cannot imagine the day to day (minute to minute) pressures on him. It has to be incredibly taxing.
This is another major reason I believe Tim Cook is a poor CEO... he uses the corporate accounts like his own personal piggy bank and doles out (corporate) money at will. If there is a cause he believes in, good for him! but he should only support that cause his own money (he certainly has plenty), not the share holders.
China can pay for it with all the money they made selling PPE to the rest of the world. Has a Chinese company ever donated money to the US after a natural disaster here?