China Decode: Apple Doubles Down on China as Trump Blinks

Hogging seats on a crowded train, not saying excuse me, watching videos on your phone with no headphones in. Sometimes it feels like we don't know how to act anymore. What we have been seeing, increasingly, is people breaking rules. Why should I play by the rules if nobody else is going to do that for me? This week on Explain It to Me, how to mind your manners.

New episodes Sundays wherever you get your podcasts. Tim Cook is in China at the moment. He's been opening a big store and previous to that he was at the China Development Forum in Beijing and there he was using some mollifying language. He said, We are committed to collaborating with our partners across China and with all of you to make this vision of progress at Apple a reality.

It didn't really seem to address the issue head on, but I think it was supposed to mollify opinion in China that is turning against Apple to some degree. So to me, what is happening to Apple in China is that it's being pressured by the Chinese government to make commercial concessions and it's already made one, but China wants more. Welcome to China Decode. I'm Alice Han.

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