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    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
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      China’s EV makers look west as Huawei puts in overtime Premium content

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

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

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

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      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

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    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      News in-depthChinese business & finance
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      Manufacturers reel from falling demand, rising geopolitical tensions and sluggish post-Covid recovery

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    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
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      Weak Chinese factory activity puts pressure on Beijing to support economy

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

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    • 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

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    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      #techAsia
      Shifting supply chains and ringfencing data Premium content

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    • Thursday, 22 June, 2023
      US overtakes China as market for South Korean goods

      Shifts in supply chains part of changing pattern of global trade

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    • Monday, 12 June, 2023
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      Six others also indicted as Korea toughens response to leakage of secrets

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    • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
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      Reshoring index shows inbound Chinese goods fell to lowest level in 10 years amid geopolitical tensions

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    • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
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      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

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    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
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      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
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      Local governments send delegations to global trade fairs to woo back customers and fight decoupling

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    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
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      Japanese component maker is investing at home with first new plant in nearly two decades

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    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
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      Thailand’s motor industry becomes a Japan-China battleground

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

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    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
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      Dell looks to phase out ‘made in China’ chips by 2024

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

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    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
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      iPhone maker aims to have ‘out of China’ production alternatives for crucial products

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    • Sunday, 27 November, 2022
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      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
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