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...Alleged (được cho là, cáo buộc) internal documents (tài liệu nội bộ) show that Cook "personally lobbied officials" in China over threats (mối đe dọa) made against Apple Pay, iCloud, and the App Store. Cook set out to use a "memorandum of understanding" (biên bản ghi nhớ) between Apple and a powerful (hùng mạnh, đầy sức mạnh) Chinese government agency called the National Development and Reform Commission (Ủy ban Phát cải) to formally agree to a number of concessions (nhượng bộ) in return for regulatory exemptions (miễn trừ pháp lý). The 1,250-word agreement was written by Apple's government affairs team in China and stewarded by Cook as he met with Chinese officials.

In May 2016, Cook announced that Apple would be investing $1 billion in the Chinese ride-hailing startup Didi Chuxing in a pointed attempt to mollify (làm nguôi đi, xoa dịu) authorities. Shortly after, Cook, Apple Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams, and government affairs head Lisa Jackson met with senior government officials in Zhongnanhai, the central headquarters of the Communist Party of China.

...The agreement included a pledge from Apple to help Chinese manufacturers develop "the most advanced manufacturing technologies," "support the training of high-quality Chinese talents," use more components from Chinese suppliers, sign deals with Chinese software firms, collaborate with research in Chinese universities, and directly invest in Chinese tech companies, as well as assistance with around a dozen Chinese government causes. If there were no objections from either side, the deal would be automatically be extended for an additional year until May 2022.

Apple vowed to invest "many billions of dollars more" than its current expenditure in China, including on new retail stores, research and development facilities, and renewable energy projects. Other internal documents reportedly showed that Apple's pledge amounted to more than $275 billion in spending over a period of five years.

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