Nikkei says firm wants components bound for mainland to now comply with longstanding Beijing rule
Apple has reportedly asked Taiwan-based suppliers to label their products as being produced in China, in an effort to avoid disruption from strict Chinese customs inspections resulting from the visit of US congresswoman Nancy Pelosi to Taipei., the company has asked manufacturers on the island to label components bound for mainland China as made in “Chinese Taipei” or “Taiwan, China”.
The phrase “Made in Taiwan” can lead to delays, fines, and even the rejection of an entire shipment under the rule. But Taiwan itself requires exports to be labelled with the point of origin: either the name “Taiwan” or the country’s official name, “Republic of China”. But the choice to require suppliers to deny Taiwan’s independent existence has led to criticism from around the world. GreatFire, which works against Chinese censorship online, noted that the move was an escalation from a previous slight by, which removed the Taiwan flag from emoji keyboards for users in China and Hong Kong. “Is it a question of time before Apple starts removing apps whose name contains the characters [for] Taiwan without specifying ‘province of China’,” the organisation asked.
“Unfortunately, we suspect that Apple’s ‘red-line,’ the moment where it will say ‘stop, no longer, we cannot continue to collaborate with the Chinese regime and enforce its requests for censorship,’ is nowhere close,” GreatFire’s Benjamin IsmailBut Apple may have felt like it had little choice but to comply with China’s requests. Shipment delays now would be ruinous, as the company moves into the final production phase for the14, expected to be announced at a press event next month.
The models produced in India and Brazil largely serve to fulfil demand in local markets, and aren’t intended to be exported around the world. For that, Apple’s Chinese factories still serve an irreplaceable role, as they do in serving the millions of Chinese customers who buy iPhones.
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