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Sources: China is pausing massive investments and costly subsidies aimed at building a chip industry to compete with the US, amid a nationwide COVID-19 wave (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Sources: China is pausing massive investments and costly subsidies aimed at building a chip industry to compete with the…
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Internal memo: Xiaomi President Wang Xiang and co-founders Hong Feng and Wang Chuan step down, as the company battles slowing sales from COVID-19 disruptions (Financial Times)
Financial Times: Internal memo: Xiaomi President Wang Xiang and co-founders Hong Feng and Wang Chuan step down, as the company…
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Supply chain experts warn of a months-long disruption risk to Apple's iPhone production and operations due to worker absenteeism, amid China's COVID-19 wave (Patrick McGee/Financial Times)
Patrick McGee / Financial Times: Supply chain experts warn of a months-long disruption risk to Apple’s iPhone production and operations…
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Analysis of 1,000 reinstated Twitter accounts: most are deeply partisan, support Donald Trump, and spread misinformation on COVID-19, election fraud, and QAnon (Stuart A. Thompson/New York Times)
Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times: Analysis of 1,000 reinstated Twitter accounts: most are deeply partisan, support Donald Trump,…
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Sources: Foxconn workers in Zhengzhou say they got COVID-19 at the plant in December and some were asked to keep working; one said he was dissuaded from testing (Viola Zhou/Rest of World)
Viola Zhou / Rest of World: Sources: Foxconn workers in Zhengzhou say they got COVID-19 at the plant in December…
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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 begins easing most restrictions at its Zhengzhou plant, including those on workers’ daily movements, as China rolls back its COVID-19 rules (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)
Debby Wu / Bloomberg: Foxconn begins easing most restrictions at its Zhengzhou plant, including those on workers’ daily movements,…
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Sources: a letter by Foxconn founder Terry Gou to China's leadership, sent over a month ago during unrest in Zhengzhou, helped dismantle zero COVID-19 policies (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Sources: a letter by Foxconn founder Terry Gou to China’s leadership, sent over a month ago during…
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