In what’s becoming less of a surprise each time it happens, Apple joins Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft and other tech giants in either censoring, modifying and otherwise bending before the Chinese government in order to get its product into the country.
In this case, Apple blocked iPhone apps related to the Dalai Lama in its China App Store.
Another app related to Rebiya Kadeer, who like the Dalai Lama is an exiled minority leader reviled by China’s authorities, is unavailable in the China App Store as well…
…At least five iPhone apps related to the Dalai Lama are unavailable in the China store. Some of those apps — named Dalai Quotes, Dalai Lama Quotes and Dalai Lama Prayerwheel — display inspirational quotes from the Tibetan spiritual leader. Another, Paging Dalai Lama, tells users where he is currently teaching. A fifth app, Nobel Laureates, contains information about Nobel Prize winners including the Dalai Lama.
