Apple is reportedly booting ‘thousands’ of apps from its online China store — Apple World Today

Apple warned Chinese developers that a new wave of paid gaming apps are at risk of removal from its app store, according to a memo viewed by The Wall Street Journal, after the company removed thousands of such apps earlier this year.

Four years ago the Chinese government four years ago began requiring videogames to be licensed before being released, but developers were able to skirt the requirement in the App Store. The Wall Street Journal says Apple hasn’t said why the loophole existed or why the company began closing it this year.

The tech giant has been criticized on a regular basis for kowtowing to China in order to increase sales in the country.