China has told Apple that it can run its super bendy toy on the nation's networks but only if it fixes some security problems.

While would have thought these problems might have been related to the iPhone not being able to be spied on by the Chinese spooks, apparently the government was concerned about some unnamed security flaws in the iPhone 6 which enabled private data to be leaked.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on its website on Tuesday that it had approved the iPhone 6 after Apple addressed potential security risks that could allow personal data to leak. The iPhone 6 had been released in other countries, including the United States, on September 19 and no one in the Land of the Free noticed any security flaws.

The approval paves the way for Apple to sell the iPhone 6 in China, the world's largest smartphone market and Apple is desperate to flog its phones there. The MIIT said it had conducted "rigorous security testing" on the iPhone 6, and that it had held talks with Apple on the issue. Apple also shared with the ministry materials related to the potential security issues, which it said were related to diagnostic tools, the statement said.