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a post on his Weibo social media account, Cook said he spent the
morning walking along Shanghai's historic Bund river with
Chinese actor Zheng Kai and that he had eaten a local breakfast.
He did not disclose, however, what other plans he had for this
China visit.
The China Daily reported that Cook had said in an interview that
"there's no supply chain in the world that's more critical to us
than China".
Cook also met Wang Chuanfu, founder and president of Apple
supplier BYD Electronics, as well as officials from Lens
Technology at the firm's Shanghai office, the China Daily added.
Cook's visit comes after the iPhone maker announced that it
would open a new retail store in the heart of the Chinese
financial hub on Thursday, and as Apple battles falling iPhone
sales in China and rising competition from domestic rivals such
as Huawei.
Cook made at least two visits to China, Apple's third-largest
market by revenue, last year. He also travelled to Beijing
around the same time last year, where he visited an Apple store
and attended the China Development Forum.
(Reporting by Beijing newsroom and Brenda Goh in Shanghai;
Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Miral Fahmy)
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