From the outside Apple (the company) looks to be a lot more subservient when it comes to its relations with China compared with its relations with the US govern

From the outside Apple (the company) looks to be a lot more subservient when it comes to its relations with China compared with its relations with the US government. Parts of the second one can be bought/lobbied almost all the way to the top, China is a little bit more challenging for a Western company, there's Xi and a handful of his underlings who can decide your future as a company on the mainland.