China Bans iPad, MacBook Pro, Other Apple Products For Government Use

MojoKid (1002251) writes "China seems to be on a mission to isolate itself from the world, at least in terms of technology. After banning Windows 8 on government PCs and raiding several of Microsoft's offices in China as part of an anti-trust investigation, Chinese officials have now prohibited purchase of several Apple products for government use. The list of banned Apple products include the iPad, iPad Mini, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and half a dozen other items, all of which were left off of a final government procurement list distributed in July. This is a potentially big hit to Apple, which generated around 16 percent of its $37.4 billion in revenue last quarter from China. Apple saw its iPad sales jump 51 percent and Mac sales boosted 39 percent in China."

Re:Fatal flaw: China can't adapt

[Anonymous Coward]

you have no idea of what you are talking about. Refusing to use Apple or Microsoft product for Government use has nothing to do with isolation.

Its a wise move and any country who doesnt lick the a$$ of the US should do the same ASAP

Re:Seriously can you blame them

[Anonymous Coward]

Not really. Apple products are domestic products in China.

Re:Seriously can you blame them

[ewibble]

sort of the US banning Chinese products from government http://techonomy.com/2013/04/h... [techonomy.com]

Article is false and misleading

[MikeMo]

China has not banned any Apple products. Some were not included in the "green" catalog because Apple failed to submit data [macdailynews.com].

Re:Seriously can you blame them

[Tough Love]

So far we know of exactly one attempt to do that to the linux kernel [lwn.net].