Apple Blocks Taiwanese Flag on Macs Sold in China

The update to macOS 10.14.4 prevents Apple’s Macs sold in China from displaying the Taiwanese flag emoji, and bypassing this restriction is harder than you think.

The censorship is a result of a special policy implemented by China’s government, which requires companies in the country to treat Taiwan as a province and not as an independent state.

As a result, companies like Apple selling products in China have configured their devices to prevent showing the Taiwanese flag in an attempt to comply with the requirements and avoid a potential sales ban. iPhones and iPads have been blocked from displaying this emoji since 2017, according to Jeremy Burge of Emojipedia.

Software workarounds

More interesting is that the release of macOS 10.14.4 has apparently made it harder to bypass the restriction and enable the Taiwanese flag in China.

While previously it was possible to remove t… (read more)

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