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Apple Adds UnionPay for App Purchases in China

By Peter Kafka
Peter Kafka covers media and technology, and their intersection, at Vox. Many of his stories can be found in his Kafka on Media newsletter, and he also hosts the Recode Media podcast.

Apple users in China can now use that country’s popular UnionPay bank network to make purchases in Apple’s App Store. In a statement, Apple executive Eddy Cue said China is Apple’s second-biggest market for app downloads.

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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