Apple in China 苹果在中国 Better days ahead 明天会更好 The tech giant can rebound from its recentmisfortunes in China 科技巨头将从最近在中国遇到的霉运中走出 THINGS have not gone well for Apple in China of late. 苹果近来在中国发展并不顺利。 Earlier this year official news media orchestrated a series of attacks on the firm, followingallegations that it had offered Chinese customers unsatisfactory guarantees for its products. 今年早些时候,官媒策划了一系列对苹果进行责难的报道,称苹果对中国消费者所购产品的保修服务令人不满。 Apple ended up issuing a humiliating apology. 此事以苹果耻辱性地道歉而告一段落。 The Middle Kingdom is the world s biggest market for both luxury goods and forsmartphones. 中国是世界上奢侈品和智能机的最大市场。 That should have propelled Apple s iPhones to the top of the heap. 这本该将iPhone的销售推向了顶峰。 But the firm s market share languishesat around 8% of all handset sales, whereas Samsung commands just over a fifth of them. |