Apple CEO meets China regulator after Hong Kong app dispute
Tim Cook has defended removing the app in the face of criticism for appeasing mainland China
18 October 2019 - 08:54
Beijing — Apple CEO Tim Cook met the chief of China’s market regulator in Beijing on Thursday, the Chinese agency said, a week after the US firm was thrust into the midst of political tensions between the mainland and protesters in Hong Kong.
Apple last week removed from its app store an app that helped Hong Kong protesters track police movements after a Chinese state newspaper sharply criticised it for allowing the software. The company said the app, HKmap.live, was used to target the police...
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