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China makes tons of money from Apple. Oh very much so. That's why China is careful about starting a trade war with Apple. They want to get their own manufactur
by braythwayt 8y ago
China makes tons of money from Apple.
Oh very much so. That's why China is careful about starting a trade war with Apple. They want to get their own manufacturers up to speed to replace Apple, but they don't want to just kick Apple out of China in one stroke and penalize the Chinese businesses that depend upon Apple.
If it wasn't for that, Apple and their strong privacy approach would be Persona Non Grata, IM-uninformed-O.
- baybal2 8y agoIndeed, and that why Apple was actually cranking up their effort to get more "presence on the ground" in China. Apple tries to be less public about them having HUUGE R&D and business units in China with lots of things being done here. In 2016 they posted a tiny press release about them opening their "first" R&D centre in China in Shenzhen, and deliberately making an impression of it having no significant role. In reality, it was their _third_ RnD centre in Shenzhen only. Besides their nominal "design centre" in Kerry plaza, they rent a whole building in Discovery park in Nanshan, and have own section in Foxconn campus. The rumor is that they also rent yet another office for their product/project management staff somewhere closer to Longhua.