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Apple is doubly vulnerable to Chinese escalation against Taiwan, which could impact the iPhone's complex components and assembly, driving production near zero (Chris Miller/The Atlantic)
Chris Miller / The Atlantic: Apple is doubly vulnerable to Chinese escalation against Taiwan, which could impact the iPhone’s complex…
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Chinese government data for January to October 2022 shows domestic smartphone shipments fell 22% YoY from 275.3M to 214.5M units (Iris Deng/South China Morning Post)
Iris Deng / South China Morning Post: Chinese government data for January to October 2022 shows domestic smartphone shipments fell…
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Customs data: Chinese companies imported $2.3B worth of semiconductor manufacturing machines in November, down 40% YoY and the lowest level since May 2020 (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Customs data: Chinese companies imported $2.3B worth of semiconductor manufacturing machines in November, down 40% YoY and the lowest…
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How ByteDance and TikTok, which owe their existence to intermingled Western and Chinese ideas, capital, and people, became entangled in the US-China rift (Alex W. Palmer/New York Times)
Alex W. Palmer / New York Times: How ByteDance and TikTok, which owe their existence to intermingled Western and Chinese…
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Chinese media reports: Xiaomi plans to lay off ~15% of its 35,314 employees amid weaker sales due to China's COVID-19 lockdowns and slower consumer spending (Che Pan/South China Morning Post)
Che Pan / South China Morning Post: Chinese media reports: Xiaomi plans to lay off ~15% of its 35,314 employees…
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Foxconn's Xingwei agrees to sell its entire stake in embattled Chinese chip conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup for ~$771.79M (Meg Shen/Reuters)
Meg Shen / Reuters: Foxconn’s Xingwei agrees to sell its entire stake in embattled Chinese chip conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup for…
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Sources: hoping to boost the economy, Chinese officials begin reassessing tech policies and plan to close long-running investigations against internet companies (Keith Zhai/Wall Street Journal)
Keith Zhai / Wall Street Journal: Sources: hoping to boost the economy, Chinese officials begin reassessing tech policies and plan…
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Some Chinese students are using remote access software to cheat on TOEFL, GRE, and other US college entry exams, fueled by the introduction of at-home testing (Viola Zhou/Rest of World)
Viola Zhou / Rest of World: Some Chinese students are using remote access software to cheat on TOEFL, GRE, and…
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