Beijing opposes a forced sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations by its Chinese owner ByteDance, and would prefer to see the short video app shut…
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JPMorgan: Apple’s iPhone shipments rebounding in China ahead of 5G iPhone 12
Ahead of iPhone 12, JPMorgan Chase says that an August rebound in smartphone shipments in China indicates improving momentum…
Apple quietly publishes human rights policy ahead of shareholder motion deadline
Apple’s board of directors has approved a “human rights” policy and quietly published it ahead of a September 5th deadline for shareholders…
Trump administration: TikTok buyer will not be able to transfer data from American soil to Chinese servers
As the deadline looms for Chinese technology company ByteDance to sell off its popular video platform TikTok to an American company…
Foxconn Chairman: China can no longer be the world’s factory
Foxconn posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit. The company’s chairman discussed China with investors…
President Trump’s WeChat ban could impact iPhone sales in China
U.S. President Donald Trump’s order banning U.S. companies from doing business with Chinese messaging app WeChat could impact Apple’s iPhone…
Clean Network: U.S. steps up campaign to purge untrusted Chinese apps
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said expanded U.S. efforts on a program it calls “Clean Network” would focus on five areas and include…
Microsoft plans to finish TikTok acquisition talks ahead of President Trump’s Sept. 15 deadline
Microsoft and TikTok plan to finish acquisition talks within the next three weeks, ahead of President Trump’s Sept. 15 deadline…
Apple denies reported interest in acquiring TikTok
Apple has denied interest in acquiring TikTok after an Axios story from earlier Tuesday reported that Apple was looking into a potential deal. The Trump…
Chinese Communist Party state-run media: China will not accept U.S. ‘theft’ of TikTok
China will not accept the “theft” of a Chinese technology company and is able to respond to the Trump administration’s move to push ByteDance…
Apple iPhone assembler eyes major production shift out of China to India
In a major production shift out of China as part of global business’ efforts to diversify supply chains following the COVID-19 debacle, a contract…
Apple removes 30,000 apps from App Store in China
According to data from research firm Qimai, Apple on Saturday pulled 29,800 apps from the company’s App Store in China, including more than…
President Trump gives Microsoft 45 days to buy TikTok’s U.S. business
Microsoft on Sunday confirmed that U.S. President Trump and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has discussed Microsoft exploring a purchase of TikTok…
President Trump vows to ban Chinese-owned TikTok from the U.S.
President Donald Trump has announced he plans to ban the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok in the U.S. He told reporters aboard Air Force One…
Huawei passes Samsung to become No.1 in global smartphone unit sales
In the never-ending quest of fake iPhone peddlers to make it up on volume, Huawei last quarter passed Samsung to become No. in global smartphone unit sales…
EU imposes sanctions on China, moving closer to Trump administration’s tougher stance
On Tuesday, the European Union imposed sanctions on China over its treatment of Hong Kong moving the bloc closer to the Trump administration’s tougher…
Analyst: Tax hike under Biden poses bigger threat to tech than antitrust hearings
The real threat facing the tech firms comes not from lawmakers now, but from higher taxes later if Joe Biden prevails against President Trump…
Apple makes iPhone 11 at Foxconn plant in India
Apple has started making its iPhone 11 at the Foxconn plant in India near Chennai. This marks the first time Apple has manufactured a top-line model…
Investigators find no evidence of any forced labor at Apple suppliers in China
Nanchang O-film Tech, whose tech helps power phones, tablets and wearables, was on Monday accused by the U.S. Department of Commerce of human rights …
Apple Watch Activity Challenge to mark National Fitness Day in China
Apple will again celebrate National Fitness Day in China with an Apple Watch Activity Challenge. By completing at least 30 minutes of exercise on…
U.S. government accuses Apple supplier of human rights abuses
Nanchang O-film Tech, whose tech helps power phones, tablets and wearables, is accused by the U.S. of human rights abuses for helping China’s campaign…
Chinese Apple-assembler Luxshare soars on iPhone assembly deal
As U.S.-China tensions continue to escalate, Apple is set to invite mainland Chinese company Luxshare into the exclusive iPhone assembly club…
Apple iPhone assembler Pegatron joins tech Investment wave in India
Adding to a large wave of foreign tech investments in India this year, Apple assembler Pegatron is making preparations for its first plant in India…
New flagship retail store, Apple Sanlitun, opens in Beijing
Apple today will open the entirely new Apple Sanlitun, the next iteration of Apple’s first store in China. Sitting adjacent to the previous location on…
U.S. AG Barr blasts Apple as ‘all too willing’ to cooperate with China
U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday said U.S. technology companies including Apple have been “all too willing” to collaborate with China’s CCP…
Apple wins fight over $14.9 billion tax grab in blow to EU
Apple won its court fight over a record $14.9 billion Irish tax grab in a crushing blow to EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager…
UK sides with President Trump on China; to purge Huawei from 5G net
In another strong signal that telecom equipment maker Huawei is not welcome in the West, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered Huawei equipment…
Smartphone shipments in China down 16% in June
According to government data released on Tuesday, smartphone shipments in China fell 16% in June compared with a year earlier…
Apple supplier Foxconn to invest $1 billion in India
Foxconn plans to invest up to $1 billion to expand a factory in southern India where the Taiwanese contract manufacturer assembles Apple iPhones…
Apple is ‘assessing’ Hong Kong security law imposed by China
The sweeping new national security law that China imposed on Hong Kong at the end of June is aimed at stamping out opposition to the ruling Communist…
Apple supplier Foxconn says Indian customs clearing procedures now resolved
Apple supplier Foxconn said on Friday customs clearing procedures in India have been resolved. All local regulatory procedures have been complied with…
Apple App Store and Google Play Store block dozens of Chinese apps in India
Two days after India blocked fifty-nine apps developed by Chinese firms, Google and Apple have started to comply with the Indian government’s order…
Apple, other U.S. goods from China held up at ports in India
Apple, Cisco, Ford, and other products are among the goods from U.S. companies being held up amid India’s border tensions with China, as ports…
Apple supplier Foxconn eyes further India investment, sees bright outlook
Taiwan-based Apple supplier Foxconn plans further investment in India and may announce details in the next few months as the world’s largest contract…
Apple bows to Chinese government censorship, to pull thousands of games from China App Store
Apple will start removing thousands of mobile games lacking approval of the Communist Party of China from the company’s China App Store in July…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seize counterfeit Apple AirPods
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a shipment from China containing 25 counterfeit “Apple AirPods” on June 1st…
Apple pulls U.S. podcast platform Pockets Casts from China App Store
Pockets Casts, ranked 85th most popular in the podcast news app section on Apple’s U.S website, said on Wednesday its app had been taken down from…
Apple retailers cut iPhone prices in China
Apple has cut prices on the latest iPhone models in China. This comes ahead of the big online 6.18 shopping festival as the Chinese economy picks up…
Hong Kong media tycoon vows to stay and ‘fight’ China, backs U.S. pressure
Embattled Hong Kong publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai – one of Hong Kong’s most prominent democracy activists – said on Friday he would fight till the last…
Apple set to break out in coronavirus market rally as Dow futures jump on vaccine hopes
Dow futures jumped Tuesday morning, along with S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures, amid continued coronavirus vaccine hopes. The coronavirus stock market rally …
Stock futures jump on Memorial Day as coronavirus stock market rally rolls on
On Monday morning, Dow Jones stock futures rose solidly, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, with U.S. markets closed for Memorial Day…
China risk reemerges; here’s how Apple could be affected
In the stock market, China risk is reemerging. The U.S. is amending an export rule to block the sale of certain semiconductors to Huawei…
