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>China won't ban the iPhone because they love it too much and they can't make something better.

Incorrect, there are many iPhone substitutes.

The iPhone is the best selling smart phone in the world. There may be other phones, but Chinese people are buying iPhones over their own domestic brands.

>Chinese people are buying iPhones over their own domestic brands.

What percentage of Chinese people own an iPhone vs an Android?

I googled that for you.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/467160/forecast-of-smart...

>Chinese people are buying iPhones over their own domestic brands.

You implied >=50%.

>I googled that for you. *paywall

I wanted you to Google it for yourself to understand just how small iPhone usage is (~20%).

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