China refutes claim of government ban on Apple purchases

By way of Gerry Shih and Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) – Apple Inc merchandise similar to laptops and capsules will not be banned from Chinese executive procurement lists, consistent with the us of a's chief procurement middle, refuting a report claiming Apple used to be blacklisted on national safety issues. According to a Bloomberg News file printed on Wednesday, 10 Apple products, including MacBook laptops and iPad capsules, have been taken off a govt checklist of authorized hardware as a result of security issues. The Principal Govt Procurement Centre, as well as the finance ministry and Apple, stated the company never applied to be on the list within the first place.