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Apple CEO Tim Cook Appointed Chairman Of China University Amid Hong Kong Protest Outcry

Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook has been appointed the new chairman of the Advisory Board of the School of Economics and Management (SEM) of Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Cook, who will serve as chairman for three years succeeds Breyer Capital founder Jim Breyer in that role. The appointment comes at a time of increasing tensions between the Chinese Communist government and pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.
Apple removed a HKmap.live mobile application from the App Store after criticism by Beijing

Apple Chief Defends Pulling App Used By Hong Kong Protestors

Apple chief Tim Cook on Thursday defended the decision to pull an app used by protesters in Hong Kong to track police, according to a leaked email to employees obtained by a tech news site.Apple removed the HKmap.live mobile application from the App Store after criticism by Beijing, which is stepping up pressure on foreign companies deemed to be providing support to the pro-democracy movement.Critics blasted the tech giant's move as putting its business interests in China above human rights.

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