TAIPEI -- Apple now has more Chinese suppliers than ever before, as Chief Executive Tim Cook made his fourth public appearance in the country in a year to co-host a government development forum in Beijing that ended Monday.
Apple disclosed a list this month that showed its China-based suppliers surged to 27, up from only 19 in 2017, according to analysis by the Nikkei Asian Review. The number has almost quadrupled in the past six years.
