In context: Apple has found more success in China than most US firms, especially in the high-end smartphone segment where Cupertino takes almost half of all sales in the country. Having such a large slice of the world’s biggest phone market has long been cited as why Apple often kotows to China’s authoritarian government. As reported by the [South China Morning Post](//www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3190120/apples-iphone-sales-make-half-chinas-high-end-smartphone-market) , Apple grabbed 46% of China’s premium smartphone segment (handsets sold over $400) in the second quarter thanks to strong iPhone 13 sales, according to Counterpoint Research. That’s an increase of 3% compared to the same period one…