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Apple pulls HK app as Beijing ups the pressure

Apple caved in to Beijing’s edict and permanently removed a controversial app from its App Store on Thursday, days after Chinese state media, already in the hunt for Western businesses aiding and abetting Hong Kong protesters, pounced on HKmap.live as it helped demonstrators evade arrest. Before that, party mouthpiece the People’s Daily and its sister […]

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