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Two more Apple stores have open signs in China.

I'mor says the Apple Midtown Joy City and Apple Shenyang Vientien City locations are once again open for business.

Reduced hours of course. The stores both in the city of Shen Yang will be open from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. local time.

The two most recent reopening plus the 10 reopened midweek plus the 5 Beijing stores reopened last week, brings the number of reopened stores to 17,

that leaves 25 locations still closed across China. On Monday this week Apple address the financial community, letting analysts, investors,

and everybody else know that the company will miss its original March quarter guidance

due to coronavirus complications.

Later that day, Tim Cook addressed the same concerns in an email to Apple employees.

Now, called the Max as Apple CEO has sent a message to the people of China.

Taking to the Chinese microblogging site Weibo, Cook said,

as we welcome back employees and customers and work alongside our

manufacturing partners to resume operations as safely and steadily as

possible we are holding fast to our commitment to the many communities we're a part of in China.

Apple is contributing to their efforts by doubling our donation to support immediate relief

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