I-Apple ayitholi umbhede wama-rose ohambweni lwayo lwaseChina. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule sikwazise ngezinkinga i-Apple enazo ngomkhiqizo we-iPhone ezweni, lapho ilahlekelwe yiwo wedwa wokukwazi ukuyisebenzisa. Umkhiqizi waseChina ubhalise uphawu lokuhweba ngo-2007, unyaka okwethulwa ngawo i-iPhone yokuqala. Kusukela lapho, lo mkhiqizi uzinikele ekwethuleni amakesi weselula nawelaptop emakethe esebenzisa i-iPhone brand kuzo zonke. I-Apple inxuse, ithi lokhu kusetshenziswa kungadida abasebenzisi abacabanga ukuthi bathenga izesekeli ezenziwe ngabafana baseCupertino.
Kepha futhi emasontweni ambalwa edlule, u-Apple wabona ukuthi kanjani uhulumeni waseChina wavala isitolo sama-movie nezincwadi ezweni ngemuva kokwenza ucwaningo ngokuqukethwe elikunikezayo. Ukuvinjelwa kwezwe sekuphinde kwagudluza konke okuqukethwe okunganikeza imininingwane ebucayi kuzakhamizi zezwe.
Ngokusho kweReuters, umphathi we-Apple njengamanje uTim Cook uzovakashela eChina ekupheleni kukaMeyi ukuyohlangana nohulumeni wezwe futhi akwazi khanyisa ukukhanya ngezinkinga inkampani ebhekene nazo emasontweni edlule. Isidlakela sase-Asia sithathwa njengomunye wabashayeli abakhulu benkampani ngokwenzuzo nokuthengisa.
Ezinye izikhulu zaseChina ziyakusho lokho Uhulumeni akazange ajabule kakhulu ngesikhundla sika-Apple esimweni sokuvula i-iPhone evela ku-FBI futhi bebengalimaza ubudlelwano, ngoba uma benesicelo esivela kuhulumeni waseChina, sebevele bayayazi impendulo abazoyithola enkampanini. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umtshalizimali uCarl Icahn uthengise wonke amasheya enkampani ngemuva nje kokuba kwethulwe imiphumela yezimali yale nkampani, esola ukuthi i-Apple ibhekene nezinkinga ezinkulu kuleli.