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(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests have ensnared a number of companies, including one U.S. company that has the most to lose in China: Apple Inc. This week on Decrypted, Bloomberg Technology's Alistair Barr breaks down the iPhone maker's controversial decision to reject an app built to aid Hong Kong residents living through the protests, and discusses what's at stake for Apple both at home and abroad. 

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To contact the authors of this story: Alistair Barr in San Francisco at abarr18@bloomberg.netAki Ito in San Francisco at aito16@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Shawn Wen at swen48@bloomberg.net

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