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But Apple chose its own crop of suppliers and helped them grow into "manufacturing superstars", according to supply chain expert Lin Xueping.

The company, which used to cut acrylic, was not considered a machine tool-maker - but it eventually developed machinery to cut glass and became "the star of Apple's mobile phone surface processing," Mr Lin says.

Now that "Apple has cultivated China's electronic manufacturing capabilities, Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo and others can reuse Apple's mature supply chain," according to Mr Lin.

Like an earlier freeze-frame bit with Lin Manuel Miranda, Johnson's Trump uses to the conceit to poke and prod his fellow cast members, mocking them for the positions they chose to hold and their relative seniority within the cast.

"China is neither the creator nor a party to the Ukrainian crisis. We are a staunch supporter and active promoter of the peaceful resolution of the crisis," said foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian.