Chinese Government Orders Apple to Shut Down Online Services
April 22, 2016 6:38 am
After seven months of operating in China, Apple’s iTunes Movies and iBooks were closed down last week. It was only today that the New York Times reported, citing insiders familiar to the matter, that the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television ordered the shutdown for undisclosed reasons. Apple Music is still up.
The Chinese government initially allowed the tech giant to operate its online stores in September. However, president Xi Jinping recently gathered the heads of Chinese tech companies such as Alibaba, Huawei, telling them to concentrate on local companies instead of Western ones.
China is known to oversee its cyberspace with utmost security. The government is currently sweeping the web for malicious and terrorism-related content to take down.
Apple did not confirm when the iBooks and iTunes Movies will be back.
The material has been provided by InstaForex Company – www.instaforex.com
After seven months of operating in China, Apple’s iTunes Movies and iBooks were closed down last week. It was only today that the New York Times reported, citing insiders familiar to the matter, that the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television ordered the shutdown for undisclosed reasons. Apple Music is still up.
The Chinese government initially allowed the tech giant to operate its online stores in September. However, president Xi Jinping recently gathered the heads of Chinese tech companies such as Alibaba, Huawei, telling them to concentrate on local companies instead of Western ones.
China is known to oversee its cyberspace with utmost security. The government is currently sweeping the web for malicious and terrorism-related content to take down.
Apple did not confirm when the iBooks and iTunes Movies will be back.
The material has been provided by InstaForex Company – www.instaforex.com
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