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</div><p>The success of the <a href="
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<p>Those challenges are significant ones. Greater China – which includes Hong Kong and Taiwan – is the only market where Apple saw a sales decline in the first half of the year. Revenue was down 13%, twice the drop it experienced in the previous year. Market share is now below 10%, from its peak of 13%.</p>
<p>Apple’s biggest challenge in China can be summed-up in one word …</p>
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iPhone 8 success depends on how well Apple responds to China challenges, say analysts
