Apple’s head of legal has denied a long-standing rumor that it has collaborated with the Chinese government to provide its source code.
There’s been plenty of speculation over this issue, since China is one of Apple’s most important markets and the country’s government has a reputation for its tough stance on tech companies — it has literally embedded police into the country’s top businesses, for example, and blocked Western services that it sees as a threat to its regime.
In the case of Apple, which saw revenue from China grow 14 percent year-on-year to reach a colossal $18.37 billion in Q1 2016, there is much ambiguity over its relationship with the state.
