China's podcast audience is projected to reach 150M in 2025, up from <700K five years ago, driven by grassroots hosts instinctively navigating China's red lines
most recently podcasting—to express themselves and connect with one another, because, well, this is what being human is about. www.ft.com/content/5a8b... X: Patrick Collison / @pat...
A deep dive into Apple's iPhone manufacturing process, which uses ~2,700 parts from 187 suppliers in 28 countries; just 30 suppliers have no presence in China
The administration wants the iPhone to be manufactured in America. The components that power it show why that is highly impractical
A look at the “Shein village” supply chain in Panyu, China, as Temu apes its tactics; sources say Beijing is unhappy with Shein's move to “de-Chinafy” itself
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Sources: the US plans to remove lidar maker Hesai from a list of Chinese military-affiliated companies, after judging that Hesai did not meet the legal criteria
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A look at the long-term impact on TSMC's business as the US seeks to reduce its dependency on Taiwanese chips and cut China off from key semiconductor supplies
Washington wants the company that dominates semiconductors to move more production to the US but Taipei is resisting
How virtual influencers are gaining popularity in China amid a celebrity crackdown; research predicts the industry will go from ~$870M in 2021 to ~$6.7B in 2025
Computer-generated avatars are a safer option as Beijing cracks down on human celebrities — China's celebrity influencers Viya … Tweets: @changeist , @mattnavarra , @astaniscia86...
An investigation details China's crackdown on its $47B chip self-sufficiency “Big Fund”, including 12+ executives investigated or disappeared in three months
Financial Times : Tweets: @simonbchen , @michaelxpettis , and @edwardwhitenz Tweets: Simon Boyi Chen / @simonbchen : Corruption is inevitable when doing big business (or running a...
Fears of Chinese retaliation and regional tensions are hampering US efforts to rally South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan behind the “Chip 4” semiconductor alliance
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Report: Chinese authorities have detained Zhao Weiguo, former chairman and major shareholder of the heavily indebted state-backed chipmaker Tsinghua Unigroup
the latest aggressive billionaire dealmaker to fall foul of Xi's government ... via @ftchina & @caixin https://www.ft.com/... @sreemoytalukdar : “Zhao especially benefited from sta...