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    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      News in-depthAutomobiles
      China set to overtake Japan as world’s biggest car exporter

      Foreign shipments boost industry as domestic carmakers struggle to sell at home

      Vehicles assembled for loading at Yantai port in Shandong province, China
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Chinese business & finance
      Tech suppliers in China skip seasonal hiring rush amid weak demand

      Lack of usually lucrative temp work this summer also blamed on shifting supply chains

      Employees during lunch at a Foxconn plant in Henan province, China
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      Indian business & finance
      Global automakers see chance to turn India into an export hub

      Shift in local demand to pricier vehicles may spur more ‘India-first’ models

      Skoda Auto Volkswagen’s Vision In compact SUV
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      News in-depthDiamonds and gemstones
      Synthetic diamond sales sparkle but oversupply delivers ice burn

      Man-made competition hurts price of natural stones, though fears of bankruptcy mount among lab-grown producers

      Colorless lab-grown diamonds
    • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
      #techAsia
      Apple in India and Nintendo’s IP push Premium content

      The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

      People are pictured inside the new Apple retail store during a media preview on the eve of its opening in Mumbai
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      News in-depthChinese business & finance
      The factories on the front line of China’s economic slowdown

      Manufacturers reel from falling demand, rising geopolitical tensions and sluggish post-Covid recovery

      Montage of a chart data points and woman working in a shoe factory
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      Chinese economy
      Weak Chinese factory activity puts pressure on Beijing to support economy

      Sputtering manufacturing recovery spurs calls for more concrete policy measures to revive growth

      A worker at a factory in China’s eastern Jiangsu province
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      News in-depthLuxshare Precision
      Luxshare’s wins with Apple make it Foxconn’s biggest challenger

      Chinese contract manufacturer is sole assembler of Vision Pro mixed-reality headset

      The Apple Vision Pro headset
    • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
      Supply chains
      HP to move production of millions of computers to Thailand and Mexico

      Company follows Dell and Apple in diversifying supply chain beyond China

      Composite image of the HP logo on a laptop, Mexico flag and Thailand flags
    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      #techAsia
      Shifting supply chains and ringfencing data Premium content

      The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

      Employees assist a customer with a computer
    • Thursday, 22 June, 2023
      US overtakes China as market for South Korean goods

      Shifts in supply chains part of changing pattern of global trade

      Kia cars bound for shipment are parked next to a vehicle carrier at the port of Pyeongtaek
    • Monday, 12 June, 2023
      Semiconductors
      Ex-Samsung executive alleged to have stolen tech to recreate chip plant in China

      Six others also indicted as Korea toughens response to leakage of secrets

      Two people in silhouette travelling up and down opposite sides of an escalator at Samsung Electronics in Seoul
    • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
      News in-depthUS-China trade dispute
      China set to account for less than half of US’s low-cost imports from Asia

      Reshoring index shows inbound Chinese goods fell to lowest level in 10 years amid geopolitical tensions

      Cranes and cargo ships at Nanjing port in China’s eastern Jiangsu province
    • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
      InterviewSupply chains
      Shifting production from China is impossible, says shipping boss

      Beijing’s world trade dominance will make cutting it out of global supply chains a tough task

      An OOCL vessel at a shipyard in Jiangsu, China
    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      News in-depthChinese trade
      China’s richest county suffers export slump as US tension hits factories

      Taiwanese manufacturers in Kunshan are cutting staff and wages and pushing orders abroad over geopolitical risk

      A technician on a factory line in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, China
    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Apple Inc
      Apple and Foxconn win labour reforms to advance Indian production plans

      Lobbying in Karnataka leads to landmark legislation that anticipates iPhone production in southern state

      Employees work on an assembly line in the mobile phone plant of Rising Stars Mobile India, a unit of Foxconn
    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Chinese economy
      Chinese factory activity expands at fastest pace in more than a decade

      Highest manufacturing reading since 2012 offers early signal of recovery following zero-Covid reversal

      A worker arranges raw filaments at factory in north-west China’s Qinghai province
    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Chinese trade
      Chinese factories launch charm offensive for buyers after Covid isolation

      Local governments send delegations to global trade fairs to woo back customers and fight decoupling

      Workers at a garment factory in Guangzhou, China
    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      Kyocera Corp
      China no longer viable as world’s factory, says Kyocera

      Japanese component maker is investing at home with first new plant in nearly two decades

      An employee at Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Bureau of Waterworks checks solar panels manufactured by Kyocera
    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      News in-depthNikkei Asia
      Thailand’s motor industry becomes a Japan-China battleground

      ‘Detroit of south-east Asia’ courts investment from both of Asia’s giants

      Visitors walk past a BYD Co. electric vehicle at the carmaker’s booth at the Auto Shanghai 2021 show in Shanghai, China
    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      Semiconductors
      Dell looks to phase out ‘made in China’ chips by 2024

      Production shift within tech industry ‘looks irreversible’, says executive at one supplier

      The Dell logo on a computer monitor
    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
      TSMC reaffirms ‘commitment to Taiwan’ despite US chip push

      Semiconductor maker says it has spent $60bn at home to expand cutting-edge production

      A TSMC chip wafer
    • Monday, 26 December, 2022
      Apple Inc
      Apple to start making MacBooks in Vietnam by mid-2023

      iPhone maker aims to have ‘out of China’ production alternatives for crucial products

      A new MacBook Air on display
    • Sunday, 27 November, 2022
      Semiconductors
      Japanese chip company Ferrotec rejigs supply chains to access US and China

      Group hedges its risk as Washington seeks to curb Beijing’s capacity to develop advanced technology

      Ferrotec group chief He Xianhan
    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      Special ReportNext Tech Growth Markets
      Vietnam tops tech growth market index

      A young population and supportive government policies are driving a digital transformation

      a man checks his smartphone on Hanoi’s Long Bien bridge
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