As reported in Digital Music News (http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/082408parting )
“The naive outlook is that Apple operates from the heart, that Steve Jobs consults his Zen Buddhist teachings before making a business decision. In reality, this is a shrewd company like any other, one that is going to carefully and dispassionately weigh the pros and cons of any policy decision. And in the latest situation, that means weighing the fallout associated with any compliance with Chinese censorship, especially as it relates to something like Tibet.
And this is just one component in a more complicated relationship between Apple and China.
And so are the intricacies involved in balancing the interests of a global audience, one that traverses different cultural and humanitarian sensibilities.”