Chinese media say it's now “embarrassing” to use an iPhone in China

Imagine if this trade war was a big ruse to force Americans onto iPhones and Chinese onto Huawei phones. It'd reduce the fear of other nations spying on your residents, as well as increasing the coverage of your own national spying capability. It's win-win as far as both presidents are concerned. Maybe they'll declare the trade war is finished once they are satisfied with the uptake of spy-enabled hardware in their countries.

It's very interesting culturally. There seems to be two mindsets in the same country: 1. Proud nationalism and 2. Trade driven optimization

It would embarrass me here.

Each time I see someone with an iPhone (especially with the ear things), I have to consciously remind myself that it is not enough, by itself, to indicate that they are kind of stupid. Different people really do value things differently, often legitimately. Apparently in some places you have to have one to attract what is considered the right sort of mate. I guess such a mate would be less judgmental than I am.