{"id":36636,"date":"2023-12-17T18:07:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T18:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/chinas-ban-on-apples-iphone-accelerates-the-express-tribune-2\/"},"modified":"2023-12-17T18:07:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T18:07:07","slug":"chinas-ban-on-apples-iphone-accelerates-the-express-tribune-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/chinas-ban-on-apples-iphone-accelerates-the-express-tribune-2\/","title":{"rendered":"China’s ban on Apple’s iPhone accelerates | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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More Chinese agencies and state-backed companies across the country have asked their staff to not bring Apple\u00a0iPhones and other foreign devices to work, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n

For over a decade, China has been seeking to reduce reliance on foreign technologies, asking state-affiliated firms such as banks to switch to local software and promoting domestic semiconductor chip manufacturing.<\/p>\n

Multiple state firms and government departments across at least eight provinces have instructed employees in the past month or two to start carrying local brands, the Bloomberg News report said.<\/p>\n

Apple did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for a comment.<\/p>\n

In December, smaller firms and agencies in lower-tier cities from provinces including Zhejiang, Shandong, Liaoning and central Hebei, which houses the world’s largest iPhone factory, issued their own verbal directives, the Bloomberg News report said.<\/p>\n

Reuters reported in September that staff in at least three ministries and government bodies were\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0not to use iPhones at work.<\/p>\n

Apple’s shares were marginally down at $196.50 in extended trading.<\/p>\n

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