Umbuso wobukhomanisi waseChina awaziwa, njengoba isimo sezepolitiki sikhombisa, ngokunganikeli ngenkululeko eningi, hhayi kwizakhamizi zayo kuphela, kodwa nasezinkampanini ezifuna ukwenza imali. Esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka odlule, uhulumeni waseChina washicilela umthetho omusha lapho uphoqelela zonke izinkampani ezihlinzeka ngemisebenzi yazo ezweni ukuthi gcina yonke imininingwane yezakhamizi endaweni.
Endabeni ethile ye-Apple, uhulumeni wase-China ufuna yonke idatha yabasebenzisi base-Chinese abasebenzisa i-iCloud ukuthi igcinwe kuphela e-China hhayi ngaphandle kwezwe. Isizathu kuphela sokuthi uhulumeni angafuna ukuthi idatha yabasebenzisi bakhe igcinwe ezweni lakhe asinakuba ngenye indlela ukufuna ukuba nabo basondele ngangokunokwenzeka ukuze bakwazi ukufinyelela kuzo ngendlela elula futhi ngaphandle kokuveza izinsolo.
I-Apple iphoqeleke ukuthi yakhe isikhungo semininingwane eChina ukuze ikwazi ukugcina idatha yabasebenzisi be-iCloud eChina, isikhungo sedatha esiseGuizhou futhi esizoqala ukusebenza ngoFebhuwari 28. I-Apple ithi yonke idatha yomsebenzisi we-iCloud zizovikelwa ngokubethela okufanayo okusebenzisa kuzo zonke izikhungo zakho zedatha nokuthi izinqubomgomo zayo zangaphakathi zivimbela ukudala iminyango engemuva yokufinyelela kulolo lwazi.
Kuyamangaza ukuthi i-Apple isho lezi zitatimende, ngoba njengoba ngishilo ngenhla, okuwukuphela kwesizathu sokuthi uhulumeni waseChina angafuna ukuthi imininingwane yezakhamizi zakhe igcinwe ezweni isobala. Hlala ukhumbula lokho I-Apple akuyona uTim Cook. Abaninimasheya ngabanikazi be-Apple ne-Ai-pple yinkampani okufanele ithole imali, ngakho-ke kunezikhathi lapho uzophoqeleka ukuthi ubheke kolunye uhlangothi, ikakhulukazi uma sikhuluma ngeChina, imakethe ebaluleke kakhulu namuhla kunoma iyiphi inkampani yezobuchwepheshe.
