[bsder]

> In isolation, this might be a positive. But watching one of the world’s richest multinationals do this primarily in response to an autocratic, authoritarian regime is neither a good look nor what we should hope for as an example of how to influence corporate decisionmaking.

Ironically, your comment is double-bladed.

This has likely been in the works from when China shook Apple down and the timing has a nice upside that it also pacifies His Orangeness(tm).