Apple ditches Hong Kong maps app as China expands 'loyalty test'

Company joins brands such as Tiffany and Nike in navigating Beijing pressure

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Demonstrators hold up their phones in Hong Kong: Software available in Apple's App Store lets protesters track the movements of the city's police. © Reuters

SHUNSUKE TABETA and ALEX FANG, Nikkei staff writers

BEIJING/NEW YORK -- Under pressure from China, Apple said on Thursday that it has removed an iPhone app used by protesters in Hong Kong to show police activity.

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