ITunes gift card help

Hi
I'm not sure wether this is the right forum category for this question.
But...
I was thinking of buying an iTunes gift card for a friend as a christmas gift. This friend I will not see for a long time therefore I need to buy something online to be sent via email or something, an iTunes gift card seems like a good idea. I am Swedish currently living abroad and this friend of mine is Asian.
On the US Apple Store page it says quite clearly that if I were to buy a gift card on this US version of the Apple Store I can only use the card on a device with the AppStore or iTunes set to the US (as it states "Valid only on iTunes Store for U.S."). If I buy a gift card on the Swedish version of the Apple Store page it says that I can only use it for iTunes Store set to Sweden. From this I would assume that if I bought let say a $50 gift card on the US Apple Store I can only use this on a device with iTunes set to US, and if I buy the same card on the Swedish Apple Store page then it would be restricted to the Swedish version of iTunes. I have previously bought Swedish ones for myself and they work fine on my Sweden-set iTunes in other countries than Sweden (obviously).
Now,
if I go onto the Chinese, Korean or whatever Asian version of the apple store they do not have these gift cards, which leaves me with a bit of a problem... If I bought a $50 gift card on the US version of the Apple Store does it mean that my friend would only be able to use this on an iTunes store set to the US, therefore not on iTunes store set to let say China as I concluded above? If so, how can I resolve this? because I will not see my friend until probably February or much longer, and I would feel very bad not buying my bestie something for christmas... If it is as I say, that iTunes gift cards purchased online (as well as Apple Store gift cards) do not work "internationally" so to speak, are there any suggestions of other Apple related options? or perhaps non-Apple related options?
Thanks in advance!

Gift cards are not available in all countries. In order to use a US gift card, you must be using the US store. You can not set yourself up to use the US store unless you are physically in the US.
It was a nice idea, but it's not going to work. Send them money via PayPal or something and let them use it however they want.

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