一直以来,美国国内有言论声称:“中国政府会要求苹果公司解锁(unlock)苹果手机,以窃取美国的机密信息”。终于,这样的流言,等到了澄清的那一天。
而且,我们同时还知道了,到底是谁要求苹果这样做……
当地时间20号,苹果公司首席执行官蒂姆•库克陪同美国总统特朗普参观位于得克萨斯州的新工厂。
Apple just broke ground on its campus in Austin, Texas. U.S President Donald Trump flew to Austin last Wednesday to visit the new facility.
随后美国广播公司新闻网(abc News)对库克进行了采访,不少问题却是直指中国。

(图片来源:abc News网站)
针对为何苹果手机在中国制造这一问题,库克回答道,他认为iPhone实际上来自全球各地。
Cook said, "The way I think about it is, the iPhone is made everywhere."
比如苹果手机最常用的玻璃屏幕,是在美国肯塔基制作;如果拆开手机,也可以看到其他很多元件也都是美国制造,他说,“iPhone是全球供应链的产品”。
"If you look at the glass of the iPhone, which everybody touches all day long, that glass is made in Kentucky. If you were to take apart the iPhone you would see many of the silicone components that are made in the United States as well," he added. "The iPhone is the product of a global supply chain."
然而,库克也表示,iPhone现在是在中国组装的,而把流水线迁回美国这事儿“还没影儿”呢。
Ultimately, however, they're assembled in China, and, Cook said, assembling them in the U.S. is not "on the horizon."
据观察者网报道,今年6月,受关税及制造成本影响,苹果有意将一条在美国的生产线迁往中国。当时,苹果要求免除一些组件25%的进口税。结果此举引发特朗普的不满。他在推特上表示,苹果在中国生产零件,不会得到关税减免豁免,而如果苹果产品在美国制造就不会有关税问题。
Abc 新闻网在报道中指出,中国不仅仅是iPhone产地,同时对于苹果来说也是收益庞大的市场。中国是苹果最重要的市场之一,目前公司20%的销售额来自中国。
China is not just where the company produces its iPhones, it's a very lucrative market for the Cupertino, California-based tech company. China remains one of Apple's most important markets, with approximately 20% of the company's sales now coming from China.
在与记者的一问一答中,库克给出了苹果公司对于中国市场的评估:
随后,记者还提出了一个假想问题:如果中国施压,苹果公司该怎么办?
库克随即表示,中国从未施压,他认为将来也不会。
"China really hasn't pressured us, and so I don't envision that," he added.
然后就是外媒关注的所谓“中国要求苹果解锁手机”问题。
库克在接受采访时表示:“中国从未要求苹果公司解锁苹果手机。”在替中国澄清后,库克又补充了一句:“但是美国要求了。”
Cook said they have never been asked in China by authorities to unlock an iPhone, but added, referring to the U.S., "I have here."
“我们强烈反对这样的要求,也不会这样去做。我们的隐私政策是全球适用的。”
"And we stood up against that, and said we can't do it," he added. "Our privacy commitment is a worldwide one."
目前,特朗普本人及白宫方面并没有对库克的采访发表评论。
综合来源:央视新闻,观察者网,abc News