Apple services banned in China: Apple Pay next?

The B.B.C reported today that Apple’s iTunes and iBooks services have been suspended in China. This puts Apple’s Apple Pay in China mobile payments plans in jeopardy. Apple Pay seems to have be saved the chop but it is not clear whether it will survive future purges. The Chinese Government has taken this step after introducing stricter rules for foreign entertainment content providers on mainland China.
It is still doubtful whether Silicon Valley darling Apple’s Apple Pay will make much of a dent in mobile savvy China with AliPay and WeChat Payments having a firm hold on the Chinese payments market. And just this week UnionPay and rising mobile star Xiaomi announced a competing service joining Huawei and Samsung Pay.
The news comes within days of Apple reporting the first ever drop in iPhone sales.