Uma eholidini elilandelayo ubalekela eTaiwan, noma uma usifundela lapho, unenhlanhla ngoba maduze nje uzoba nokuma okusha okuyimpoqo kule ndawo. I-Apple iyaqhubeka nokwandisa ukutholakala kwayo emhlabeni wase-Asia futhi isivele yathumela umyalezo kuwebhusayithi yayo yesifunda yaseTaiwan ukumemezela ukuvulwa okuseduze kwesitolo sayo sokuqala esisemthethweni ezweni.
Isitolo esisha sama-Apple iTaiwan siseXinyi District, uhlala phansi naphansi eTaipei 101, okuyisikweleti esinde kunazo zonke emhlabeni, futhi yize usuku oluthile lokuvulwa kwalo lungakavezwa, kubonakala sengathi kuzoba yizinsuku nje ezimbalwa.
ITaiwan izoba nesitolo sayo se-Apple
Iwebhusayithi yaseTaiwan iApple Daily icacisa lokho ukuvulwa kwe-Apple Store yokuqala eTaiwan kungenzeka ngokushesha nje ngalo Juni, ikakhulukazi, ekugcineni kwalo, noma okungenani yilokho okuncishisiwe embhalweni oshicilelwe yinkampani ye-apula elilunywayo iwebhusayithi yesifunda.
Ngokwencazelo yale nkampani, ukuvulwa kwe-Apple Store yokuqala eTaiwan kuzokwenzeka "kungekudala" futhi, njengoba sekuyinsika kwezinye izitolo zakwa-Apple, kuzoba nomsebenzi wokuhlanganisa isimo esiphindwe kabili sokuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo nezinsizakalo, kanye nendawo "yokuthi abantu bahlangane ukuze bakhe, babelane futhi bafunde" njengoba nje "amaTaiwan evame ukuhlangana ngaphansi kwezihlahla, nenkomishi yetiye, ukuze babelane ngemibono, babelane ngobumnandi, futhi balulungele uhambo olulandelayo."
Ekuvulekeni kwesitolo, okuyi kuzohlala indawo ephelele yamamitha-skwele ayi-1.322, abaculi abadumile baseTaiwan abanjengoShih Yi Yan bazocula, futhi kuzobandakanya ukuthengiswa ngqo kwemikhiqizo yabo ezweni, into kuze kube manje lokhu kwenziwa kuphela ngabathengisi abavela eceleni.
Njengamanje, futhi kusukela ngoMeyi 2001, I-Apple ivule izitolo ezingama-495 emazweni ayi-17 kuwo angama-270 aseMelika.