Apple's moves to comply with Chinese laws by taking down apps from the App Store are part of an ongoing effort to maintain a relationship with government officials, but the continuing issues between the US and China in recent years has put Apple into a weaker position — one that endangers the App Store itself.
Chinese chip producers are tempting employees from Apple chip partner TSMC to jump ship, with more than 100 engineers and managers said to have taken the bait of higher wages as rival foundries attempt to shift away from relying on external suppliers.
As it announces better than expected financial results, Apple supplier Foxconn is also reportedly planning to increase moving production away from China.
A new document clarifying the Administration's plans says that companies such as Apple and Google may be required to remove TikTok even from their App Stores in China.
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has warned investors that the Administration's decision to ban US companies from having business relationships with firms including WeChat, may have a significant impact on Apple's sales worldwide.
The iPhone was the most popular premium smartphone in India for the second quarter of 2020, according to IDC, but while the smartphone market in China slumped as a whole, Apple continued to see growth in the important market.
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that will block any transactions between U.S. companies and the parent firms of TikTok and WeChat starting Sept. 20.
Describing them as "untrusted Chinese apps," the US government says it wants WeChat, TikTok, and other unspecified services to be banned from all of the app stores in the US.
A report claiming that Apple has expressed an interest in buying the TikTok video-sharing social network has been explicitly denied by the company.
Trump continues to push back against the China-owned TikTok, giving the company a hard date to sell to a U.S. company before forcing the video service to shut down its operations in the U.S.
An inconsistent report claims that unnamed Apple manufacturing partners are moving six iPhone production lines to India, as part of an increasing trend to relocate from China.
A dispute over Apple's alleged use of Chinese patents in Siri is continuing with a new lawsuit demanding $1.43 billion in damages, and could potentially see Apple banned from China.
A selection of Apple Stores in mainland China have resumed in-store Today at Apple education sessions on a limited basis.
Apple has removed a large number of games and apps from the App Store in China, a research firm has determined, with almost 30,000 apps taken down in the middle of a crackdown on games that don't have the required government licensing to allow for in-app purchases.
Apple has revealed $9.329 billion sales in the greater China region, making a small increase over the same period last year.
A new pair of regulatory certifications for a potential MacBook or MacBook Air battery may hint that a hardware refresh is on the way.
After human rights violations by supplier O-Film Technology were alleged earlier in 2020, Apple launched an investigation and has now said that it has found no evidence of wrongdoing.
A redesigned version of the AirPods is now expected to be assembled in Vietnam and released in the first half of 2021, with New AirPods Pro to follow in the second half.
Apple on Thursday offered an inside look at Apple Sanlitun, the company's latest retail location in China.
U.S. Attorney General Barr on Thursday accused Apple and other major tech and entertainment companies of being "too willing to collaborate" with the Chinese Communist Party.
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Malcolm Owen
William Gallagher
Mike Peterson
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AppleInsider Staff
