To not lost any footing in the Chinese market, Apple does not put in any effort to stand up against the Chinese regime and instead bends to their bidding, giving full access to customer data and giving in censorship.
source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-censorship-data.html
archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/05/17/apple-gives-chinese-government-access-to-icloud-data-and-censored-apps-archived-source/