CEO Tim Cook toured Chinese factories that make Apple products . When Foxconn announced its first wage increase after a series of suicides among its Chinese workers , it said the time had come for other parts of the technology value chain to shoulder some of the soaring labour costs in China . ` Hit China with release of report that found numerous working violations . Intended to soothe criticism of Apple profiting from low - wage workers in poor countries .
CEO Tim Cook toured Chinese factories that make Apple products . Hit China with release of report that found numerous working violations . Intended to soothe criticism of Apple profiting from low - wage workers in poor countries .