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Apple turns away from China
Apple is turning away from China and towards place like Vietnam, India, and elsewhere to diversify its supply chain, especially in…
Foxconn says production normal at Chinese iPhone plant despite CCP’s COVID-19 curbs
Taiwan electronics manufacturer Foxconn said on Friday production at its largest iPhone factory remains normal, despite the CCP …
MacBooks likely to be ‘Assembled in Thailand’ as Apple diversifies from China dependence
As Apple continues to look to free itself from overwhelming dependence on China, the company is looking to diversify MacBook assembly…
Apple asks suppliers to shift some AirPods, Beats production to India
Apple is asking its assemblers to move some AirPods and Beats headphone production to India for the first time in what looks to be…
India dangles $550 million incentives to lure Apple, tech manufacturers
India plans to boost the financial incentives for manufacturers like Apple to make the market-dominating iPad in the country and wooing…
Apple says it will assemble a portion of iPhone 14 models in India
Apple on Monday confirmed its contract suppliers will assemble a portion of iPhone 14 models in India as the company looks to diversify…
Apple may move a quarter of product production to India by 2025 – J.P. Morgan
Amid ongoing quixotic lockdowns in search of the unattainable myth of “zero-COVID” in China, Apple suppliers in India may assemble…
Apple powers Taiwan export orders back to growth in August
Taiwan’s export orders expanded in August – unexpectedly to analysts – on strong demand for technology and new consumer electronics…
Apple’s iCloud operator in China warns of paralyzing COVID lockdown
The Chinese Communist Party’s latest quixotic COVID lockdown has virtually paralyzed a city of 6 million in China, forcing Apple…
Apple exec resigns from board of Chinese ride-hailing company Didi
Apple’s vice president of corporate development, Adrian Perica, has resigned from Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Global’s board…
Apple supplier TSMC showing ‘excellent’ progress on Arizona chip plant, governor says
Taiwanese chip maker TSM, a major Apple supplier, is making “excellent” progress building its new plant in Arizona, the governor said…
Apple’s Mac supply has normalized – JPMorgan
Apple’s Mac supply chain challenges due to the Chinese Communist Party’s quixotic COVID-19 lockdowns have finally normalized, according to…
Apple plans to assemble iPhone 14 in India in effort to diversify production outside China
Apple plans to begin assembling the iPhone 14 in India some two months after the product’s launch date, narrowing the gap between China…
Apple in talks to make MacBooks, Apple Watches, HomePods in Vietnam as it looks to break China dependence
Apple is reportedly in talks to produce MacBooks, Apple Watches, and HomePods and MacBooks in Vietnam. Vietnam already produces…
Apple supplier BOE impacted by CCP-mandated power rationing in China’s Sichuan province
Apple supplier BOE Technology Group says in a stock market filing on Tuesday that it will “make adjustments” at its operations in Sichuan…
Apple warns suppliers to follow Chinese Communist Party rules on ‘Taiwan’ labeling
Apple has asked suppliers to ensure that shipments from Taiwan to China strictly comply with Chinese customs regulations after a recent…
TSMC warns China-Taiwan war would devastate global chip supply
The head of Taiwanese tech giant TSMC warned an invasion of the island would render his factory “not operable” as tensions rise ahead…
Has Apple finally balanced supply and demand?
Apple has faced supply chain disruptions due to the various and sundry responses – rational and irrational – to COVID-19 which hampered…
As Mac sales increase in China, Chinese Communist Party pushes homegrown ‘openKylin’ OS
As Apple Macs become more widely used in China, with market share currently around 15 percent, the Chinese Communist Party is pushing…
Apple assembler Foxconn predicts more stable supply chain for second half of 2022
Taiwan’s Foxconn, a major Apple assembler and the world’s largest contract electronics maker, said on Tuesday that the second half…
Republican Senators propose barring Apple, Google from hosting apps that accept China’s digital yuan
Amid fears the Chinese Communist Party’s digital payment system could allow CHina to spy on Americans, Republican Senators want to bar…
Apple’s iPhone 14 Max faces three week delay due to China’s ‘zero-COVID’ lockdowns
Haitong International Securities analyst Jeff Pu says that production of the upcoming 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Max is delayed by three weeks…
Development of ‘at least one’ iPhone 14 model hit by China COVID lockdowns – Nikkei
Development of “at least one of Apple’s new flagship iPhones for this year” has fallen behind schedule due to disruptions from the monthlong…
Apple assembler Foxconn faces logistics disarray from China’s quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ lockdowns
Apple assembler Foxconn said it faces logistics disruptions and other challenges in China stemming from the CCP’s stringent COVID-19 …
Apple’s China engineers keep products flowing amid CCP’s draconian COVID lockdowns
Prior to the CCP’s various responses to COVID, Apple sent hundreds of U.S. engineers each month to China to oversee the contract…
Workers at Apple supplier factory in China clash with guards over ‘zero-COVID’ lockdowns
Hundreds of workers at an Apple supplier’s factory in China clashed with authorities, flooding past barriers after draconian lockdowns…
Apple assembler Foxconn says no change to production as China ratchets up quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ quest
The CCP has shut down dozens of metro stations and bus routes in Bejing as it ratchets up its quixotic quest to achieve zero-COVID …
Chinese Apple suppliers given priority for factory restarts in Shanghai
As economic pains from the COVID policies grew, China has been pushing to resume factory operations, with Apple suppliers given priority for…
China’s quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ quest pushes February MacBook Pro orders into June
Customers who ordered a MacBook Pro with an M1 Max chip in February are being notified that their new Macs aren’t coming until June…
Half of Apple’s suppliers at risk in China due to quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ lockdown quest
Half of Apple’s 200 top suppliers have facilities in and around Shanghai, China where the CCP’s quixotic quest for “zero-COVID” has caused…
Pegatron suspends iPhone assembly in Shanghai and Kunshan due to draconian Chinese crackdown
Apple iPhone assembler Pegatron has suspended production in Shanghai and Kunshan amid a draconian crackdown that the CCP claims…
Gay dating app Grindr pulled from Apple App Store in China
Days after The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) vowed to renew its campaign to police online content, a popular gay dating app, Grindr, has…
Apple shifted business to Chinese suppliers to curry favor with the Chinese Communist Party
Apple’s increased its reliance on Chinese partners, both as a way of cutting costs as well as to curry favor with the Chinese Communist Party
Luxshare builds massive iPhone factory in China to challenge Foxconn and Pegatron
Luxshare Precision Industry is building a massive manufacturing complex in eastern China as it aims — with Apple’s blessing — to break…
Apple CEO Tim Cook signed secret $275+ billion deal with China in 2016
Apple CEO Tim Cook signed a secret $275+ billion deal with China, promising that Apple would help to develop China’s economic…
Alibaba sees $84.54 billion in orders over 11-day Singles’ Day sales event, up 14% YOY
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba recorded 540.3 billion yuan ($84.54 billion) in orders over its 11-day Singles’ Day sales event, a 14%…
Chinese Communist Party cracks down on private sector handling of data
China is tightening control over information gathered by companies, expanding the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown…
Apple extends list of terms censored in China to Hong Kong and Taiwan
The researchers found that part of Apple’s mainland China political censorship bleeds into both Hong Kong and Taiwan. Much of this censorship…
China demands that Apple pull Didi Chuxing ride-hailing app from App Store
China’s cyberspace regulator has ordered app stores to remove Didi Chuxing. This includes Apple’s App Store. Apple in 2016 invested $1B…
Four U.S. Congressmen: Apple is ‘a pawn in China’s malfeasance’
Four U.S. Congressmen have accused Apple of being “a pawn in China’s malfeasance” by risking users privacy in the CCP-controlled country…
Tim Cook’s Apple is built in China; now it has to answer to the Chinese Communist Party
Tens of thousands of apps have disappeared from Apple’s App Store in China over the past several years, more than previously known…
