Apple CEO Cook visits Shanghai with iPhone sales under pressure in China

Apple CEO Tim Cook
On a visit to China that comes amid a drop in iPhone sales, Apple CEO Tim Cook touted China’s importance in the firm’s supply chain as he met suppliers including BYD Electronics on Wednesday.
Reuters:
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In a post on his Weibo social media account, Cook said he spent the morning walking along Shanghai’s historic Bund river with Chinese actor Zheng Kai and that he had eaten a local breakfast. He did not disclose, however, what other plans he had for this China visit.
The China Daily reported that Cook had said in an interview that “there’s no supply chain in the world that’s more critical to us than China”.
Cook also met Wang Chuanfu, founder and president of Apple supplier BYD Electronics, as well as officials from Lens Technology at the firm’s Shanghai office, the China Daily added.
Cook made at least two visits to China, Apple’s third-largest market by revenue, last year. He also travelled to Beijing around the same time last year, where he visited an Apple store and attended the China Development Forum.

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MacDailyNews Take: Yeah, good luck with that, Tim.
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MacDailyNews Note: Apple is set to open its Jing’an retail store on March 21st in Shanghai.
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