Apple Pulls Bookstore App in China Over Illegal Content, FT Says
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Apple Inc. removed at least one mobile application from its China iTunes store for containing books banned by the government, the Financial Times reported, citing the app’s developer.
The online bookstore provided access to 10 works, including three by Chinese writer Wang Lixiong, FT said, citing Hao Peiqiang, the app’s developer. Books by Wang, who is also a political activist, are mostly banned in the country, according to the newspaper.