Apple doubles down on China as rivals pull ahead


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 01 Aug 2017

Apple's China revenues have stalled, falling for a fifth straight quarter in January-March, when sales grew in every other region. — Reuters

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Apple Inc is binding itself more closely to China as its share of the world's biggest smartphone market slips and it becomes more reliant on selling services which require government approval.

A flurry of recent action by Cupertino-based Apple underlines its push to get on the right side of China's notoriously tough tech regulators, as it looks to revive sales there.

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