--FILE--un piéton passe devant un Apple store à Dongguan City, province de Guangdong, Chine du sud, le 29 décembre 2016. L'Apple bientôt-à-être-lancé red
--FILE--A pedestrian walks past an Apple store in Dongguan city, south China's Guangdong province, 29 December 2016. Apple's soon-to-be-launched red iPhones have stirred controversy in the Chinese mainland after netizens found that the (Product) RED branding was removed from Apple's Chinese mainland website and the (RED) initiative is supportive of the Dalai Lama who is seen as a secessionist by China. Apple is scheduled to launch its (Product)RED iPhones, a special edition of iPhone 7, on Friday (24 March 2017). The company will be giving a proportion of profits from the sales of the new model to (RED), an initiative that supports the nonprofit Global Fund's efforts to get rid of the world of HIV and AIDS. Despite the good intentions, the (Product)RED branding was not posted on Apple's Chinese mainland website despite being available on Apple's other regional websites. The removal of the (Product)RED branding has raised various kinds of speculation on the Chinese Internet. Some suspect that it was due to China's new NGO law which forbids overseas NGOs to conduct or fund activities that are deemed profitable or political. Apple did not reply to a request for comment from the Global Times.
