For decades now, Apple has facd an ever-escalating series of challenges in China, from fake stores and factory protests to tightening…
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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…
Apple CEO Cook makes surprise China visit
Apple CEO Tim Cook has made a surprise visit to China. It is his second trip to China this year. In March Cook said Apple had a “symbiotic”…
Apple begins requiring apps show Chinese Communist Party license before China App Store inclusion
Apple has begun requiring new apps to show proof of a Chinese Communist Party license before including the apps on its China App Store…
CCP crackdown threatens to remove X, Facebook, Instagram from Apple’s App Store in China
The Chinese Communist Party push to register foreign apps threatens to remove Facebook, Instagram and X from Apple’s App Store in China…
India is starting to help Apple diversify its production away from China
Deepwater Asset Management’s Gene Munster and Brian Baker estimate that 40-45% of Apple’s overall revenue is manufactured in China…
China lists mobile app stores that comply with new rule, Apple’s App Store not included
China’s cyberspace regulator on Wednesday released names of mobile app stores that have completed filing business details to regulators…
Apple’s pigtailed Asian employee photo triggers social media ‘outrage’
A photo of an Asian Apple Watch specialist sporting a “pigtail” on an Apple website has triggered selective outrage from some…
Apple’s iPhone 15 sells out within minutes in China
The new iPhones sold out on China’s Tmall within a minute of becoming available, the site’s operator, Alibaba, said on Monday…
Apple trims prices for iPhone 14 lineup in China and elsewhere
Apple has lowered the prices for its iPhone 14 lineup in China following the launch of the iPhone 15 lineup, according to its website in the…
China: No, we have not banned Apple iPhones
The Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday that China has not issued a ban on the purchase and use of Apple iPhones or other foreign…
Chinese titanium producers expect boost from Apple’s new iPhone 15 Pro models
Titanium producers in China are predicting a surge in demand for the lightweight metal after Apple released new iPhone 15 Pro models…
Apple’s Made-in-Arizona chips will still require packaging in Taiwan
Apple’s chip fabricator TSMC is building an Arizona facility that’s been pitched as lessening reliance on foreign chipmaking facilities…
U.S. congressman: CCP government iPhone ban aims to quash Apple’s China market access
A wider ban imposed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on China state employees from using Apple’s iPhones is seeking…
Wedbush: China’s government worker iPhone ban is way overblown
Wedbush Securities analyst Daniel Ives, like Citi analysts, believes the market is overreacting to the news that China has in recent weeks…
Citi: The market may have have overreacted to China’s state employee iPhone curbs
China has in recent weeks widened existing curbs (extent unknown) on the use of iPhones by state employees, The Wall Street Journal…
Apple stock suffers worst stock decline in a month on CCP iPhone ban
The Chinese Communist Party have barred government staff in China from using Apple’s iPhone and other foreign-branded devices at work…
China CCP bans Apple iPhone use for government officials at work
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) banned officials at central government agencies in China from using Apple iPhones and other…
Apple supplier tops China tech stocks on strong earnings
A unit of electric-vehicle maker BYD Co. that also supplies parts for Apple has climbed 23% this month, making it the best performer…
Apple Mac posts 17% YoY Q2 growth, iPad sees 47% YoY Q2 growth in China
Apple’s Mac posted 17% year over year growth in Q2, while iPad grew a stellar 47% YoY in mainland China, according to the latest data…
US-China trade war threatens to add to Apple’s Mac, iPhone, and other prices
As U.S.-China relations continue to sour, the way Macs, iPhones, iPads, and other Apple devices are made is changing, and that shift…
New York City bans TikTok on government-owned devices
New York City is banning TikTok from government-owned devices and requiring all city agencies to remove the app within thirty days…
China to require all mobile apps to share business details with Chinese Communist Party
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has announced that all mobile app providers in the country will be required to…
Apple pulls dozens of generative AI apps from App Store in China ahead of CCP speech crackdown
Apple has reportedly removed over 100 AI apps from its Chinese App Store that are believed to violate the country’s new regulations on…
Apple assembler Foxconn invests $500 million in India in shift from China
Apple biggest assembler, Foxconn Technology Group, is planning to invest close to $500 million to build two component factories in India as…
Apple iPhone grew 6.1% in China as overall Chinese smartphone market declined 7.3% in Q2
Apple’s iPhone grew 6.1% in China even as the overall Chinese smartphone market declined 7.3% YoY in the second quarter of 2023…
NXP Semi hints Apple’s iPhone might keep defying China smartphone slump
NXP CEO Kurt Sievers said that China’s smartphone market is still struggling, but that chip orders from one major non-Android customer…
As global PC shipments continue to decline, Apple’s indomitable Mac sees strong demand
The latest Canalys data reveals that the worldwide PC market decline continued in Q2 2023, albeit at a slower rate than the prior two…
Apple opens official online store on Tencent’s WeChat
Apple has opened a store on WeChat, China’s dominant messaging app. This marks an expansion of Apple’s retail channels in the world’s…
China plays a trump card in the chip war, but Apple chip production unaffected so far
TSMC, Apple’s contract chipmaker, said it doesn’t expect any immediate impact on its production from China’s decision to restrict the export…
Apple iPhone posts 8% YoY increase in China’s smartphone market during 618 period
Apple continued to excel in China’s smartphone market, exhibiting an 8% YoY increase without facing any significant competition…
Apple assembler Foxconn ramps up ‘iPhone City’ hiring in China ahead of iPhone 15
According to local reports and labor agents, Apple assembler Foxconn, which operates the world’s largest iPhone factory in the…
China smartphone shipments return to double-digit growth in May
In a positive sign for China’s struggling mobile device industry, the country’s smartphone shipments saw a sharp increase in May…
Apple’s iPhone has propelled smartphones into one of India’s top five exports
Apple’s iPhones have propelled smartphones into the top-five most exported commodities from India in the fiscal that ended…
Apple Vision Pro reignites excitement over XR in China
Apple’s launch of Vision Pro, its first spatial computer, is generating a ton of buzz in China with the hashtag #Apple Vision Pro 苹果首款头显…
China’s CCP censors take aim at Apple’s AirDrop
China’s Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) proposed draft regulations that would include Apple’s AirDrop as well as derivatives in…
Apple to sell products via live streaming on Alibaba platform during midyear ‘618’ online shopping festival
Apple will sell products via live streaming on Alibaba during the midyear “618” online shopping festival, the second most important…
