AppleInsider is supported by its audience and may earn commission as an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner on qualifying purchases. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content. Overall smartphone shipments in China are plummeting toward their lowest point in a decade, though signs indicate Apple is still faring well in the environment. In the first half of 2022, the smartphone market declined 21.7% to 134 million shipments, according to information released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology that was seen by Nikkei. Canalys data cited by the publication showed major drops in smartphone shipments from…