Apple’s concessions in China reportedly include a secret $275 billion deal and one odd change in Maps

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Tim Cook is the CEO of Apple.

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A lot of that has to do with the former operations lead's ability to manage a relationship with China, where many of its products are made and, increasingly, many of them are sold. A report this week from The Information relies on unnamed sources and internal documents to peel back some of the details about Apple's ties with China.

A five-year Memorandum of Understanding between Apple and China's National Development and Reform Commission is said to have cost $275 billion.

A small group of uninhabited islands that China and Japan have a dispute over in terms of who owns them was one of the requests Apple received. They inspired a request from China to make the Senkaku Islands appear larger when viewed from the side of the argument you are taking. The islands are still shown at a larger scale than the territories around them, even though Apple eventually made the change.

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The Senkaku Islands are located in the East of China and Japan.

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The report details the disagreements over everything from Apple Pay to iCloud. The Information says that Tim Cook signed a 1,250-word Memorandum of Understanding during his trip to China in 2016 Cook went to China because of the regulatory actions that were affecting Apple. The aim was to avoid further disruptions by signing a five-year agreement with an option to extend to a sixth year.

The Information has confirmed from its sources that it has held true. According to the report, in October, Apple became the largest brand in China, a title it hadn't held in six years. Apple has built new R&D centers in the country and started storing data for Chinese users in the country.

The company has a relationship with companies accused of links to Uyghur forced labor, but it will not be available in China, with critics questioning the company's commitment to privacy. The decision about the disputed islands and other visible concessions like the numbers Apple won't let you engrave on an iPad in China and the takedowns of certain apps are all related to that decision.

The South China Morning Post reported that a state-run tabloid in China referred to the report asMcCarthyism because it was an attack on political correctness.