Tim Cook's whirlwind China tour continues with 'Genshin Impact' dev visit

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Apple CEO Tim Cook is continuing his tour of China and has now met the "phenomenal team" behind hit game and previous Apple Design Award winner "Genshin Impact."

Tim Cook in Shanghai (Source: Weibo)
Tim Cook in Shanghai (Source: Weibo)


Cook was one of the few US CEOs to attend the revived China Development Forum, and then later met with the Chinese Commerce Minister. Just as with his previous tours of Japan, and also Europe, Cook has added developer visits to his itinerary.

According to the South China Morning Post, that includes stopping at the Shanghai headquarters of miHoYo, the developer of "Genshin Impact." In 2021, that game won the Apple Design Awards in the "Visual and Graphics" category.

"Fun meeting with the creators behind award-winning iPhone and iPad games like Genshin Impact," wrote Cook in a post on Chinese microblogging service Weibo, as seen by the publication. "Thanks to the phenomenal team at miHoYo for showing me how you create immersive fantasy worlds for everyone to enjoy on the App Store."

Cook usually posts from his tours on Twitter, but this message, and a selfie image, were exclusive to Weibo. Tim Cook reportedly has 1.54 million followers on the service, and his post -- written in both English and Chinese -- gained 1,200 comments in its first hours.

For their part, staff at miHoYo responded on the service with thanks for Apple's "continued recognition and support."

"We will continue to work hard to create immersive experiences for players around the world," continued the developer.

Cook also visited Shanghai developers enrolled on Apple's long-running Design and Development Accelerator program.

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  • Reply 1 of 7
    waveparticlewaveparticle Posts: 1,497member
    China is reopening to the world. Elon's mother visited China with new book signings and touring various cities. This is completely unlike the Xi that @tmay is trying to convey. 
  • Reply 2 of 7
    thttht Posts: 5,394member
    Genshin Impact for macOS, please.
  • Reply 3 of 7
    China is reopening to the world. Elon's mother visited China with new book signings and touring various cities. This is completely unlike the Xi that @tmay is trying to convey. 
    You couldn't say the opposite of this in china could you? They would lock you up so fast...
    Yes the government of china sucks...
    tmay
  • Reply 4 of 7
    Dead_PoolDead_Pool Posts: 119member
    Doesn’t the guy on the left look like Tim’s Chinese love child?
  • Reply 5 of 7
    danoxdanox Posts: 2,757member
    blastdoor said:
    China is reopening to the world. Elon's mother visited China with new book signings and touring various cities. This is completely unlike the Xi that @tmay is trying to convey. 
    This “reopening” confirms that Xi vastly overestimated his best buddy Putin and vastly underestimated the West. He’s like an armed robber who walks into a bank to find a swat team waiting for him and tries to pretend he was actually just coming in to use the bathroom. 

    Xi has shown his true face to the world and there’s no going back. So long as he is in power, China cannot be trusted. And when he leaves, future leaders will have to work hard to show they are genuinely different. 
    50 years ago, Nixon and Kissinger went to China not the other way around. 
  • Reply 6 of 7
    blastdoorblastdoor Posts: 3,239member
    I guess AI must be receiving support from Christopher Robin and/or his best friend, given what’s gone missing in this comment thread. 
  • Reply 7 of 7
    jfabula1jfabula1 Posts: 138member
    We all know that China is a great imitator, but hey why spend on research if you can just copy and sell more that the world love. Smart business practices where they always shines. Just saying….i have lots of Chinese friends, just love their ancient culture.
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