Apple, 'Orange' pack a punch, give the lie to rhetoric

Actions, they say, speak louder than words; and big-ticket investments, I'd argue, give the lie to views and rhetoric.

Apple's vote of confidence in Chinese innovation and future business prospects, by way of a $1-billion investment in ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing last Friday, appears to have discounted recent negative Western discourse on China.

It also shows the post-Jobs, Cook-led Apple, the world's biggest brand, is feeling the need to reinvent itself for a future that will likely be marked by convergence of telecommunications, transport, e-commerce, data and content.