I-China ayibonakali ngokuthatha lokho okushiwo kahle, hhayi kuphela ngomakhelwane bayo (eTaiwan naseJapane), kodwa nangamanye amaqembu ezinhlanga ahlukene ahlala endaweni yayo. Ubudlelwano bukahulumeni waseChina nesifunda saseXinjiang lapho kuhlala khona isizwe sama-Uighur, esisenyakatho ntshonalanga yeChina, azikaze zilunge.
Isimo sokungavikeleki salesi sizwe kubonakala sengathi sisetshenziswe ngabanye babahlinzeki bezingxenye ze-Apple ngokubambisana nohulumeni waseChina, ukuze ubaphoqe ukuthi basebenze endaweni yakho, ngokusho kwabezindaba baseBrithani iThe Information.
Ngokwaleli phephandaba, umbuso waseChina uthuthele izinkulungwane zama-Uighurs amaSulumane ahlala esifundeni iXinjiang, ziphoqe ukuthi zisebenze emafemini. Lezi zinkampani ezimbili ezihlobene ne-Apple, akuyona kuphela inkampani efafazwe yileli hlazo elisha, okuvela kulo mbiko yiBOE Technology ne-O-Film.
I-BOE Technology ibhekene nokwenziwa kwe- Amapaneli e-LCD womabili ama-MacBooks nama-iPads. Izindaba zakamuva ezihlobene nale nkampani zikhombisa ukuthi isebenzisana kakhulu ne-Apple ukuze ibe ngumhlinzeki, kanye ne-Samsung, yezikrini ze-OLED i-Apple ehlela ukuzisebenzisa ku-iPhone ngo-2021, ukunciphisa ukuncika kwayo kwi-Samsung. Ngemuva kokwazi lesi sikhalazo, i-BOE inesimo esibi kakhulu.
Ngokubambisana ne-LG Innotek, i-O-Film iphethe ukukhiqiza i- amamojula ekhamera avela ebangeni le-iPhone. Inkampani engathola amaphuzu amaningi futhi ithathe ukukhiqizwa ngobuningi kwamamojula amasha, ngemuva kokuzwa izindaba ze- ukuvalwa kwesikhashana kwesikhungo eSouth Korea lapho i-LG ikhiqiza amamojula ekhamera we-iPhone. Okucacayo ukuthi i-Apple inzima ngokwengeziwe ukuthola abanye abahlinzeki bezinye izingxenye ze-iPhone ukunciphisa ukuncika kwayo kuzo zombili i-LG ne-Samsung.
Okhulumela i-Apple uJosh Rosenstock uthi inkampani inemithetho eqinile kakhulu kubo bonke abahlinzeki bayo, futhi ilindele ukuthi bonke abasebenzi bayo baphathwa ngenhlonipho. I-Apple akuyona kuphela inkampani ethintekile yile mpikiswano entsha. UDell, Nike noVolkswagen… ngezinye zezinkampani abahlinzeki bazo abasizakala ngohlanga lwama-Uyghur.