Believe the earlier poster just made a typo, if you re-read the post as google play not being used for the phones in China it makes more sense. As for that: https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/huawei-suffers-major-android-setback-as-google-pulls-access-to-core-apps-and-services "However, the loss of the Google Play Store – which for users outside of China is the key source of Android apps" is the closest I can quickly find to the play store not being used in China, but reporting on the radio last night mentioned it too, so I think it's the case that Huawei ships without play store there, or ships with an alternative that gets actual use (as opposed to the Samsung store on my last phone...).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
