Apple is the latest American company to find itself under attack by China over the Hong Kong protest movement after the tech giant approved an app that lets protesters locate police.
Chinese state media accused the Cupertino, California-based company of “providing a gateway for ‘toxic apps’” and offending the Chinese people by allowing the map app, HKmap.live, to be downloaded through its App Store.
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