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Apple CEO Cook continues latest charm offensive in China amid flagging iPhone sales
The Apple CEO is continuing his latest charm offensive in China, opening a new retail store in Shanghai that resembles a gigantic curb inlet…
Apple CEO Cook visits Shanghai with iPhone sales under pressure in China
On a visit to China that comes amid a drop in iPhone sales, Apple CEO Tim Cook touted China’s importance in the firm’s supply chain…
Apple reaches $490 million settlement over allegations that CEO Tim Cook defrauded shareholders
Apple has reached a $490 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit that alleged CEO Tim Cook in 2018 defrauded shareholders…
Will China’s TikTok be banned in America?
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday that would give TikTok’s Chinese owner…
Apple to expand applied research labs in Shanghai and Shenzhen amid slowing iPhone sales in China
Apple plans to expand its applied research labs in Shanghai and Shenzhen as iPhone sales weaken in China. The company…
Apple to open new Shanghai retail store as iPhone sales slump in China
Apple is preparing to open its eighth store in Shanghai, China this month, adding to its second largest retail network after the U.S. amid…
U.S. House committee unanimously approves TikTok crackdown bill
The U.S. House committee on Thursday unanimously approved legislation giving China’s ByteDance six months to divest its TikTok social…
US DOJ charges Chinese national with stealing Google AI trade secrets
A Chinese software engineer working for Alphabet-subsidiary Google was charged by the U.S. Justice Department with stealing trade secrets for…
Apple’s iPhone sales in China fell 24% YoY in the first six weeks of 2024 – Counterpoint
Apple’s iPhone sales in China fell 24% year-on-year in the first six weeks of 2024, according to research firm Counterpoint, as the…
Apple’s iPhone gets steeply discounted in China on prolonged slump in demand
Signaling an unusually prolonged slump in demand, Apple resellers in China are discounting the price of iPhone 15 models by as much as…
Apple pulls Pray.com app from App Store in China
The Pray.com app is being removed from the Apple App Store in mainland China. Pray.com is the world’s No.1 app for daily prayer and Bible…
Apple iPhone supply chain checks show ‘clear stabilization of demand’ in China
Recent checks into the iPhone supply chain suggest that Apple is seeing a “clear stabilization of demand” in China, Wedbush Securities…
Former Apple engineer who stole Project Titan trade secrets sentenced to 120 days in prison
Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple engineer who pled guilty to stealing Project Titan trade secrets, was this week sentenced to 120 days…
Apple’s China woes continue
Apple is facing continued challenges in China, one of its most critical markets, as the company’s Q124 sales in the greater China region…
IDC: Apple iPhone is No.1 in China smartphone market for first time ever
Apple became the leading smartphone company in China for the first time with record high market share of 17.3% in 2023.
Apple offers iPhone discounts in China ahead of Lunar New Year holiday
Apple is offering discounts in China, including on its latest iPhones, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, which starts February 10th…
Apple knew AirDrop users could be ID’ed and tracked as early as 2019, but did nothing – researchers
Researchers warned Apple as early as 2019 about vulnerabilities in AirDrop that Chinese authorities claim they recently used to track users…
China claims to have found way to identify AirDrop senders
A Chinese state-backed institution claims to have devised a way to identify users who send messages via Apple’s popular AirDrop feature…
Apple Music Classical debuts in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao on January 24th
Apple Music Classical will be available in Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan starting January 24th…
Apple’s iPhone sales in China fell 30% in first week of 2024 – Jefferies
Apple’s iPhone sales in China dropped by 30% in the first week of 2024, Jefferies analysts said in a note to clients Monday…
Is 2024 the year Apple’s crippling dependence on China finally blows up?
Is 2024 the year Apple’s crippling dependence on China, a situation engineered by CEO Tim Cook, finally blows up?
Apple assembler Luxshare set to transform iPhone production landscape with major acquisition
As part of Tim Cook’s plan to strengthen ties with China-based suppliers and enhance relations with the Chinese Communist Party, Luxshare …
Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives: ‘China remains ‘Rock of Gibraltar strong’ for Apple’
In a Monday note to clients, Wedbush Securities analyst Daniel Ives remains unshaken over a report of expanded CCP bans of foreign…
China’s iPhone ban accelerates across government and state-run companies
More Chinese agencies and state-backed companies across the country have asked their staff to not bring Apple iPhones and other foreign…
Foxconn to invest additional $1.7 billion in India, further diversifying out of China
Major Apple assembler Foxconn plans to invest an additional 139.11 billion rupees (US$1.67 billion) in India’s Karnataka state, the…
Apple plans to make a quarter of global iPhone production in India within 2-3 years
Apple and its assemblers are looking to build more than 50 million iPhones in India annually within the next two to three years, with…
Apple to move key iPad engineering resources to Vietnam strengthening alternative manufacturing of China
Apple is for the first time allocating product development resources for the iPad to Vietnam, a major step toward strengthening the…
Apple instructs suppliers to source batteries from India in supply chain diversification effort
Apple is instructing assemblers to use batteries made in India for iPhones, as part of the company’s belated effort to diversify out of China…
China bemoans supply chain ‘de-risking’ as foreign investment drops to historic lows
As a growing number of sovereign nations voice concern at how much their supply chains depend on China, the Chinese Communist Party wants…
The Babylon Bee lampoons Apple CEO Tim Cook for pulling ads from X ‘while shaking hands with brutal Chinese dictator’
The Babylon Bee, famous for publishing satirical articles on a wide variety of topics, has trained its sites on Apple CEO Tim Cook in an…
China fines Apple iPhone assembler Foxconn $2,800 amid major tax probe
Foxconn has been hit with a 20,000 yuan ($2,800) fine from Chinese authorities who said the Apple iPhone assembler overstated its expenses…
Apple CEO Tim Cook attends $40,000-per-plate dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco
Apple CEO Tim Cook was among those who attended an $40,000-per-plate dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday in San Francisco…
Political winds loom large over Apple’s business in China whether its CEO wants to acknowledge it or not
Political winds loom large over Apple’s business in the country controlled by the Chinese Communist Party whether its CEO Tim Cook…
iPhone sets quarterly revenue record in China; Apple CEO Cook ‘very optimistic’ about Chinese market
Apple CEO Tim Cook is “very optimistic” about China as iPhone set a new all-time quarterly revenue record in mainland China for Apple’s…
Apple risks getting dragged into U.S.-China relations over highly volatile Taiwan issue
For decades now, Apple has facd an ever-escalating series of challenges in China, from fake stores and factory protests to tightening…
Apple to open 46th Apple Retail Store in mainland China on November 4th
On July 19, 2008, Apple opened its first retail store in China in Beijing. At the time, Ron Johnson, Apple’s then-senior vice president of…
Apple assembler Foxconn hit with politically motivated China tax probe
Major Apple assembler Foxconn is facing a tax probe in China, two sources close to Foxconn confirmed on Monday, saying they believed it…
Chinese retailers offer big discounts on iPhone 15 lineup
Chinese retailers are offering big discounts on Apple’s iPhone 15 family of world-beating smartphones, with some going for up to $205…
China Vice Premier Ding meets with Apple CEO Cook
China’s Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang met with Apple CEO Tim Cook on Friday, according to Chinese state radio…
Apple CEO Tim Cook gets China minister’s backing for sharing the ‘dividends of the Chinese market’
Apple CEO Tim Cook won backing from China’s commerce minister Wednesday for sharing the “dividends of the Chinese market.”
Apple CEO Cook meets with China’s commerce minister in Beijing
Apple CEO Tim Cook met with China’s commerce minister Wang Wentao in Beijing on Wednesday, according to a Chinese Communist Party…
