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Chinese state media blasts Apple’s “lack of innovation” while praising Huawei
Global Times gives voice to angry consumers calling for an Apple boycott while others praise the latest products
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Anti-Apple sentiment is on the rise in China, thanks to the crippling ban on Huawei that restricts access to US technology. One state-run newspaper wants those voices heard, but social media paints a more nuanced picture.
After Apple’s WWDC 2019 keynote, where the company announced a range of new products, Global Times published a piece titled “New Apple products face backlash in China.” Chinese consumers say the new products have “weak innovation and poor design,” the paper reported.
Not everyone feels this way, though.
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On Q&A site Zhihu, many of the most upvoted posts and comments under questions about Apple’s new product announcements have some positive things to say. Users praised features like Apple’s focus on privacy (“Sign in with Apple”), the Mac Pro’s powerful internals, the beautiful Pro Display monitor and the iPad’s new operating system.
Zhihu, where people in China go to ask questions and get answers
For Global Times readers, though, “the event was deemed as ‘disappointing’ on Weibo.” The paper also reports that anonymous “industry insiders” agree the new products are “indeed weak in technology innovation.”
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