Originally Posted by
tauphi
Apple Pay is not a payment method per se. It depends on the underlying card. So it could be MasterCard/VISA/Amex or UnionPay. As we all know the acceptance of these are highly divergent in China. Now if your underlying card was a UnionPay card issued in China and the Apple Store didn't accept it that would be surprising.
It was the Apple credit card, which is a US-issued Mastercard from Goldman Sachs.