Apple execs visiting China to wrap-up iPhone deal?

Senior Apple officials are expected to visit China this week to work on the final stages of iPhone negotiations with China Unicom, according to a Fortune report. Citing an unnamed source quoted on the Chinese-language Sina.com, the report claims that the visit is to meet with senior China Unicom executives and discuss how the iPhone should enter the Chinese market. The International Business Times reports that Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of iPod and iPhone Product Marketing, is expected to lead the negotiations; Joswiak was reportedly on hand for a round of negotiations this past March, as well. Although the source is unnamed, it is worth noting that Sina was also the original publisher of photos showing a WCDMA iPhone 3GS running on China Unicom’s network, which appeared last week following a separate report that the two companies had reached a preliminary agreement on sales of the handset in China.