Apple’s CEO Tim Cook is reportedly set to head to China later this week to meet with government officials, according to The Guardian. Citing the ever-present but perpetually shy ‘sources’, the report suggests that the purpose of the trip to Beijing is essentially a damage control mission; Apple recently faced its first quarter of declining iPhone sales in several years. Part of this drop in demand was a less than stellar performance in China, which is one of the company’s most important markets outside of the US. Part of the disappointing performance in China is a fall in desirability – quite simply, an iPhone isn’t the…

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