App Store "lost contact" in China? Did Apple forget to renew?
On January 25, Apple's App Store became inaccessible on a large scale in China. There are a lot of discussions online, and many netizens believe that the App Store may be blocked.
Some netizens said that the inability to access is simply because the security certificate of mzstatic.com has expired and Apple has forgotten to renew it. Access has been restored after payment. According to the who.is query results, the mzstatic.com domain name is owned by Apple. After entering, it will automatically jump to Apple's official website in China.
Some Weibo netizens also announced the solution:
The ChinaCache node certificate of mzstatic.com expired today. Apple’s domestic ChinaCache CDN node did not update the certificate, causing domestic users to access the app store. fail. There is no problem with Akamai’s CDN abroad. Temporary solutions include changing the foreign DNS or adjusting the system time to January 24, 2015 or earlier.