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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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