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iPhone manufacturer says to make ventilators in COVID-19 fight

Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 02:19 PM

Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn will make ventilators with US firm Medtronic Plc to help patients afflicted by the coronavirus outbreak, the company said on Wednesday. Read more »

Apple supplier Foxconn aims to resume production in virus-hit China by month-end

Yimou Lee, Reuters
Posted at Feb 12 12:50 PM

Taiwan's Foxconn hopes to resume half of its production in China by month-end, a source told Reuters on Wednesday, as the supplier to tech giant Apple and others reopens plants shut over a coronavirus outbreak. Read more »

Shenzhen denies blocking Apple supplier Foxconn from resuming production

Reuters
Posted at Feb 10 09:19 AM

The Nikkei, citing 4 people familiar with the matter, said on Saturday that public health experts had carried out inspections at Foxconn's factories and told the company that there was a "high risk of coronavirus infection" at the facilities, making them unsuitable for a production restart. Read more »

Staff making iPhones in central China plant to be quarantined

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 06 12:00 PM

Workers making iPhones at tech giant Foxconn's plant in central China will be quarantined for up to 2 weeks, the company said Thursday, as cities on the mainland tighten their defenses against the deadly coronavirus outbreak.   Read more »

Apple supplier Foxconn says to meet obligations despite coronavirus

Reuters
Posted at Jan 29 10:45 AM

Foxconn, which has a big facility in Wuhan, the epicenter of the virus outbreak, said its plants in China were following holiday schedules and would continue to do so until all businesses have resumed standard operating hours.   Read more »

iPhone 11 launch marred by claims Foxconn factory broke labor laws

Phoebe Zhang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Sep 10 08:29 AM

New York-based China Labour Watch (CLW) released a report on Monday detailing a string of alleged violations at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou factory, in the central province of Henan, mostly relating to the employment conditions of temporary workers. Read more »

Populist pro-China mayor to face Tsai in Taiwan presidential clash

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 15 01:18 PM

TAIPEI - A populist mayor who favors closer ties with Beijing was announced as the presidential candidate for Taiwan's opposition on Monday as it looks to unseat President Tsai Ing-wen in upcoming elections. Read more »

Gou cedes Foxconn control as he eyes Taiwan presidency

Amber Wang, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 23 01:01 PM

Taiwan's richest man Terry Gou said he would cede control of tech giant Foxconn to a committee, leaving the Apple-supplier in uncharted waters while he runs for president. Read more »

In inland Chinese province, property bubble haunts dreams of prosperity

Yawen Chen, Stella Qiu and Philip Wen, Reuters
Posted at May 21 10:56 AM

ZHENGZHOU, China - Song Jingyi, a paralegal from a family of modest means in the central Chinese region of Henan, had long dreamed of buying a home of her own in Zhengzhou, the sprawling provincial capital of 10 million where she attended college. Read more »

Foxconn reconsidering plans to make LCD panels at Wisconsin plant

Jess Macy Yu and Karl Plume
Posted at Jan 31 07:31 AM

Rather than manufacturing LCD panels in the United States, Foxconn said it would be more profitable to make them in greater China and Japan, ship them to Mexico for final assembly, and import the finished product to the United States. Read more »

Asia markets edge up as commodities rise, Apple fears ease

Agence France Presse
Updated as of Jan 02 11:52 AM

Asian markets edged upward Wednesday in thin trading after the Christmas break, as fears over lackluster iPhone demand eased and commodities rose. Read more »

Apple says China students illegally worked overtime at supplier for iPhone X

Agence France Presse
Posted at Nov 22 07:28 PM

Apple said Wednesday its main Asian supplier employed Chinese high school students in illegal overtime work making the iPhone X, but added that it "took prompt action" to end the practice. Read more »