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‘Apple’s troubles in China have just started’ after it removed more than 400 VPN apps

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/shanghai.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500&h=750)</div><p>Apple has come under <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/6qa287/apple_removes_vpn_apps_from_the_app_store_in_china/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considerable criticism[/url] following its decision to agree to a Chinese government request to <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/07/29/apple-removes-vpn-apps-from-app-store-in-china-to-comply-with-local-laws/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remove VPN apps[/url] from its local App Store. Virtual private networks allow people in <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/china/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China[/url] to access sites blocked by the government, and to ensure that authorities cannot track the sites they visit.</p>
<p>App-tracking site ASO100.com says that the company has so far removed more than 400 VPN apps. But while Apple is trying to maintain good relationships with China by complying with such requests, analysts and tech commentators believe that its troubles with the country ‘have just started’ …</p>
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