Different day, different story. Once criticized severely by the Chinese media and eventually forced to make a public apology Monday, Apple is now changing to get sympathy from the Chinese media.
An apology was motivated by a series of reports on the discrimination provisions of the warranty for Apple customers in China when compared to Apple's customers in the U.S.. Seeing China smartphone market which is currently the second largest market after the U.S., Tim Cook as CEO of Apple clearly must immediately alleviate the situation that Apple's stock does not continue to drop because of the continuing controversy.
The apology was apparently successful win Chinese media. One of the country's leading daily the Global Times Tim Cook immediately dubbed the action as an act worthy of respect, especially when compared to American firms other. China's Foreign Ministry praised Apple reportedly also on the attitude of those who are responsive to citizen complaints conveyed through the media.
Tim Cook himself does not actually acknowledge the existence of the practice is wrong in his apology, but stressed that it would change their policy in China, providing retraining the staff, as well as replace the policy if deemed appropriate.
