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These days Apple CEO Tim Cook is making a working visit to China and after the checks from Apple store in Beijing he had meetings with the mayor of Beijing and also with the vice-premier of China. Considering that Apple has important legal problems in China with the trademark of the iPad tablet, it was easy to understand that the discussions between Cook and the deputy prime minister will focus on this issue and the local newspapers confirm this. The current vice-premier of China could succeed the current prime minister in 2013, and considering that the government owns the debts of Proview, with whom Apple is suing, the discussions were more than likely planned for a very long time.
BEIJING—Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook met with senior Chinese leader Li Keqiang this week, in the strongest signal yet that the company is strengthening ties in a market it has long neglected. The executive met with Mr. Li on Tuesday to discuss intellectual-property issues and greater cooperation, according to state media. In its evening news broadcast on Wednesday, state-run China Central Television showed Mr. Li meeting with Mr. Cook at Zhongnanhai, the closely guarded compound here that houses China's top leaders.
Seeing the interest given to Tim Cook, those from Proview accused him of doing political PR to save his company and probably he is doing this because he is fighting for the rights of his company. It's hard to believe that the iPad will ever be discontinued in China as long as it is one of the most popular products sold there.
After the meeting with Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Tim Cook made a visit a Foxconn factory where Apple's iPhones are assembled. In the past, there have been numerous complaints addressed to Apple regarding the conditions under which Foxconn employees work, and it seems that Tim Cook came to inspect the situation, although his visit was most likely planned and the world was prepared in advance. Tim Cook has now made a "force tour" in China and dramatically improved the image of his company there, but it remains to be seen how the legal problems will be resolved.
