Some US officials suggested that destroying TSMC facilities would be more desirable than China getting access to semiconductor production, but Taiwanese officials state that won't be necessary.
One of Apple's RAM suppliers, South Korea's SK Hynix, has been given a year's reprieve from new US rules over the export of advanced processors to China.
Apple's efforts to shift production out of China will focus on shifting more global iPhone orders to India and MacBook manufacturing to Thailand, according to Ming-Chi Kuo.
Apple is reportedly asking suppliers to move some AirPods and Beats earbuds manufacturing away from China, and to India.
A new report estimates that it would take Apple eight years to move even as little as ten percent of its production away from China.
Apple made a point of saying it was keeping the iPhone 14 range priced the same as the iPhone 13 one, but it turns out that was only for the US and China.
The data center Apple uses for iCloud in China has barred employees from leaving for a week, because of a COVID lockdown.
Apple has given a rare speech at a global AI gathering, with vice president Ge Yue choosing to concentrate on Machine Learning in accessibility features.
Six years after Apple invested $1 billion in China's Uber-like Didi Global company, its representative has quietly left the board.
The hottest conditions in China for more than 60 years caused authorities to close down factories to conserve electricity, but now Foxconn has been able to resume iPad production.
In a growing global market, the Apple Watch continues to dominate with more than three times the market share of its closest competitor Samsung.
New sales date from the second quarter of 2022 shows that Apple's iPhone remains the best-selling smartphone in China, and local rival Vivo has overtaken Samsung for second place.
Apple's attempts to grow India as a manufacturing hub alternative to China is being slowed down by Apple itself, with the company's need for secrecy impacting attempts to get the two regions manufacturing new products simultaneously.
Key Apple supply chain partner Foxconn is planning on investing $300 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Northern Vietnam in an effort to boost production.
Continuing Apple's aim of reducing dependence on China, its suppliers are testing Vietnamese production of both the Apple Watch and MacBook Pro.
Production of the iPad could be impacted by power outages instigated by a rationing of electricity by a Chinese province during the worst heatwave in 60 years.
Apple MacBook Pro supplier Quanta has said that its profits halved in Q2 2022, following riots at its plants and, reportedly, greatly increased pay to staff.
Apple's iPhone 14 supply chain will likely be able to escape the worst of current geopolitical tensions, according to TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
Apple has warned its suppliers that China is now strictly enforcing a rule about labeling Taiwanese shipments, after Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan stoked fears of trade problems.
Overall smartphone shipments in China are plummeting toward their lowest point in a decade, though signs indicate Apple is still faring well in the environment.
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