Trump's top law enforcement official said in a speech: "Chinese government censors don’t need to say a word, because Hollywood is doing their work for them."
Pocket Casts and Castro were both pulled from distribution in China after the Cyberspace Administration of China demanded that the apps stop allowing content that breached the country's restrictive speech laws.
Apple's new iPhone SE for the budget-conscious is unlikely to be a major driver of sales in China, a Weibo survey suggested, with analysts noting its lacks of 5G capability.
The availability of Apple products is reported to be improving, indicating that Apple supply chain partners in China are seeing production return to normal output.
Apple reportedly sold fewer than 500,000 iPhones in China during February as shoppers simply aren't buying smartphones during the coronavirus outbreak.