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☆ Problems in China have US intelligence worried the rising military power may become 'even more aggressive and unpredictable'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

China may act "even more" aggressively and unpredictably thanks to its domestic problems, US intel said. China's demographic issues, as well as economic challenges, put its leadership and military in difficult positions. US intel suggested China's global leadership and military ambitions are meeting resistance. AdvertisementAs China grapples with mounting domestic challenges, its already concerning behavior on the world stage may become even more aggressive and unpredictable, according to US intelligence. "China's serious demographic and economic challenges may make it an even more aggressive and unpredictable global actor," the threat assessment said.

Persons: —, Xi Jinping, Yang Jie, That's Organizations: intel, Service, US Intelligence Community, National Intelligence, Pentagon, People's Liberation Army Navy, Getty, Democratic Progressive Party's, East China, East China Seas, Liberation Army, Chinese Communist Party, CCP, Force Locations: China, United States, China's, Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, Xinhua, Taiwan, Beijing, South, East, East China Seas, Philippine, PRC, People's Republic of China, Hefei, Anhui province, COVID

☆ Apple Goes on the Offensive as iPhone Sales Slip in Its Biggest Overseas Market
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Yang Jie | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Apple faces an array of challenges in China. Photo: Cfoto/NurPhoto/Zuma PressApple is offering rare discounts in China, including on its latest iPhones, in a bid to beat back growing competition in the high-end market. The tech giant is running a promotion from Thursday through Sunday in China in which it is cutting the price of iPhones by the equivalent of up to $70. Other products will be discounted by up to $110. The promotion comes ahead of the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday beginning Feb. 10, a customary gift-giving season in China.

Persons: NurPhoto, Zuma Press Apple Organizations: Apple, Zuma Press Locations: China

TOKYO—If Jack Cheng has his way, any company will be able to make its own car or truck, even if it doesn’t have suppliers, blueprints or factories. They could do it, he says, by outsourcing—the same business model that has been widely adopted in consumer electronics. Companies including Sony and Apple realized decades ago that it was easier to hand production of PlayStations and iPhones over to contract-manufacturing giants such as Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group .

Persons: Jack Cheng Organizations: Companies, Sony, Apple, Foxconn Technology Group Locations: TOKYO

Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn’s headquarters. Photo: sam yeh/AFP/Getty ImagesFor decades, Apple has navigated an escalating series of challenges in China, from fake stores and factory protests to tightening censorship and app rules. Now, the iPhone maker risks getting dragged into the most volatile issue in U.S.-China relations: the future of Taiwan. On Sunday, Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn Technology—one of Apple’s largest suppliers—said it is cooperating with Chinese authorities after state media reported China had opened tax and land-use probes into the company. The investigations come as Foxconn’s billionaire founder Terry Gou pursues a bid for the Taiwan presidency.

Persons: —, Terry Gou Organizations: Foxconn’s, Getty, Apple, Foxconn Technology Locations: AFP, China, Taiwan

☆ Tim Cook Can’t Make iPhones Without This Chinese Company and Its CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Yang Jie | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Apple wants to cut its ties with chip designer Qualcomm but despite years of work and billions of dollars, the company hasn’t been able to build a wireless chip in-house. WSJ reporter Aaron Tilley joins host Zoe Thomas to explain Apple’s spectacular failure in this effort. Many Apple customers may not be familiar with Luxshare Precision or its leader Grace Wang, but they likely own its handiwork. Along with other Apple contractors, Luxshare manufactures AirPods, the Apple Watch and the recently released iPhone 15, including the top-of-the-line iPhone Pro Max. Luxshare is also the assembler of Apple’s first mixed-reality headset, due to reach consumers next year.

Persons: hasn’t, Aaron Tilley, Zoe Thomas, David Paul Morris, Brent Lewin, Grace Wang, Luxshare Organizations: Apple, Qualcomm, Bloomberg, Apple Watch Locations: China

☆ Apple Supplier Foxconn Faces Chinese Investigations
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Yang Jie | Joyu Wang | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Foxconn has a significant presence in China, with operations focused on making consumer electronics and more. Photo: VCG/Getty ImagesFoxconn Technology Group, one of Apple ’s biggest suppliers, said it is cooperating with Chinese authorities after Chinese state media said the Taiwan-based contract electronics maker, whose founder is seeking the Taiwan presidency, is subject to tax and land-use investigations across China. China’s state-backed Global Times reported on Sunday that Chinese tax authorities are scrutinizing Foxconn’s facilities in southern Guangdong province and eastern Jiangsu, while natural-resources authorities are conducting on-site investigations into the company’s land use in Henan and Hubei provinces.

Persons: Foxconn Organizations: Foxconn Technology, Apple, Global Times Locations: China, Taiwan, China’s, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Henan, Hubei

Updated Oct. 20, 2023 12:00 am ETiPhone 15 sales have been weak in China. Photo: Cfoto/Zuma PressApple Chief Executive Tim Cook is crisscrossing China, one of the company’s largest markets, where challenges are mounting amid weak iPhone 15 sales and heightened government scrutiny. The whirlwind trip, which wasn’t announced ahead of time, has involved drop-ins at Apple stores, a visit to a key supplier and meetings with senior officials, including Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao .

Persons: Tim Cook, wasn’t, Wang Wentao Organizations: Zuma Press Apple, Apple, Chinese Commerce Locations: China

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☆ Huawei’s New Gadgets Show How China Aims to Move Forward Without Foreign Tech
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Yang Jie | Newley Purnell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part for Its New iPhones
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Aaron Tilley | Yang Jie | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Aaron TilleyAaron Tilley is a reporter covering all things Apple in The Wall Street Journal’s San Francisco bureau. He previously served as the Microsoft and enterprise technology reporter at the Journal. Aaron joined the Journal from the technology news outlet the Information, where he wrote about Apple and the semiconductor industry. He started his journalism career at Forbes as an online producer before becoming a staff writer covering technology. He grew up in the Pacific Northwest and graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in International Studies.

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☆ Arizona Labor Spat Signals Challenges for U.S. Chip Manufacturing
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Yuka Hayashi | Yang Jie | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ China Torpedoes Intel’s Bid to Buy Israeli Chip Maker Tower Semiconductor
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Dan Strumpf | Yang Jie | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Taiwan’s TSMC to Build First European Chip Plant in Germany
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Yang Jie | Bertrand Benoit | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ TSMC Delays Start of First Arizona Chip Factory, Citing Worker Shortage
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Yang Jie | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Foxconn to Look for New Partners for India Chip Foray
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Tripti Lahiri | Yang Jie | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ India Says Foxconn, Vedanta Chip Venture Ended Due to ‘Internal Issues’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Tripti Lahiri | Yang Jie | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ To Drive AI, Chip Makers Stack ‘Chiplets’ Like Lego Blocks
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Yang Jie | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Top US-China exchanges since Biden took office
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Below is a list of some of the other high level U.S.-China exchanges since President Joe Biden took office in 2021. FIRST TRADE TALKS - May 26, 2021U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and China's then Vice Premier Liu He held talks virtually, the first such high level trade talks between the world's two biggest economies since Biden took office. DIPLOMAT VISITS CHINA - July 26, 2021Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman held talks with State Councillor Wang Yi, in Tianjin, China. DEFENCE CHIEFS HOLD FIRST TALKS - April 20, 2022U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin held a call with China's then defence minister Wei Fenghe, the first talks between the two officials since Biden took office. BIDEN AND XI MEET IN BALI - November 14, 2022Biden and Xi held their long-awaited first face-to-face leadership talks on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.

Persons: Janet Yellen, John Kerry, Joe Biden, BIDEN, Biden, Xi Jinping, Xi, Jake Sullivan, Yang Jiechi, Wang Yi, Katherine Tai, China's, Liu, Wendy Sherman, SULLIVAN, YANG, Sullivan, Yang, Lloyd Austin, Wei Fenghe, WANG, Wang, Nancy Pelosi, HARRIS, Kamala Harris, Gina Raimondo, Wang Wentao, National Defense Li Shangfu, Li, BLINKEN, Antony Blinken, Washington's, Martin Quin Pollard, Raju Gopalakrishnan, Kim Coghill Organizations: . Treasury, U.S, FIRST, National Security, . Trade, CHIEFS, . Defense, General Assembly, BIDEN, IN, Economic Cooperation APEC, CHINA COMMERCE, . Commerce, Commerce, Washington D.C, China's, National Defense, Pentagon, Austin, BEIJING, Thomson Locations: China, Beijing, Yellen's, U.S, Anchorage , Alaska, Blinken, CHINA, Tianjin, Taiwan, North Korea, ROME, Russia, Ukraine, New York, IN BALI, Bali , Indonesia, BANGKOK, Asia, Thailand, MUNICH, Munich, WASHINGTON, Washington, Singapore

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