Malware Attack On Apple Said To Come From Eastern Europe
At least 40 companies including Apple Inc., Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. were targeted in malware attacks linked to an Eastern European gang of hackers that is trying steal company secrets.
Infographics
02.14.13
Who Supplies Apple? (It’s Not Just China)
Last month, Apple Inc. released its updated list of suppliers. This report says it includes “the major manufacturing locations of suppliers who provide raw materials and components or perform final assembly on Apple.” ChinaFile used this data to...
Foxconn Plans Chinese Union Vote
Foxconn, the contract manufacturer whose biggest customer is Apple, is preparing genuinely representative labour union elections in its factories in China for the first time, a...
Apple and China: A Match Made in Heaven?
China has long played a major role in Apple’s success after it moved much of its manufacturing from the U.S. to China and other Asian nations in the 1990’s.
Apple CEO: China Will Be Biggest Market
Apple has said sales in China more than doubled in 2010 and 2011 though growth has slowed in the past year.
Signs of Changes Taking Hold in Electronics Factories in China
Apple, the electronics industry’s behemoth, in the last year has tripled its corporate social responsibility staff, has re-evaluated how it works with manufacturers, has asked competitors to help curb excessive overtime in China and has reached...
Rectification of Names, 鸿海 Division
Now you might be thinking: Oh, no! Another Chinese company whose name I have to remember and that I have to care about. Calm down. As people who operate in China know, and as one "by the way" clause in the story points out, Hon Hai Precision...
Foxconn Labor Disputes Disrupt IPhone Output for 2nd Time
Foxconn Technology Group, the assembler of Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPhones, had to stop production for the second time in as many...
TED Talk: The Voices of Chinese Workers
n the ongoing debate about globalization, what's been missing is the voices of workers -- the millions of people who migrate to factories in China and other emerging countries to make goods sold all over the world....
Auditor Says Foxconn Is Improving Work Conditions
If you own an Apple product, you might be interested in knowing how Apple's supply chain is doing. Six months ago, the Fair Labor Association, a labor group hired by Apple found a number of problems with iPhone and iPad maker Foxconn. Those...
China Debates Apple’s $60m ‘iPad’ Payout
The China-based unit of Hong Kong computer monitor maker Proview has found itself $60 million richer after concluding settlement negotiations in its legal dispute with Apple over the use of the iPad name in China. Proview isn’t faring nearly so...
Beyond Foxconn: Deplorable Working Conditions Characterize Apple’s Entire Supply Chain
China Labor Watch
On June 14th, 2012 a Foxconn worker jumped to his death from his apartment building in Chengdu, marking the 18th reported worker suicide at Foxconn factories in China in just over two years. Many additional suicides may have gone unreported. But...
Sinica Podcast
02.26.11
Troubles and Ambitions in China
from Sinica PodcastWatch your rice, folks. That’s our takeaway from this week’s Sinica, which ruminates on troubles old and new in the Middle Kingdom. Up for discussion in particular are Chinese activities in Rwanda, dodgy rice, ongoing worker troubles at Apple...