He warned Apple about the risks in China. Then they became reality.

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Doug Guthrie spent 1994 riding a single-speed bicycle between factories in Shanghai for a dissertation on Chinese industry. Within years, he was one of America’s leading experts on China’s turn toward capitalism and was helping companies venture East. Two decades later, in 2014, Apple hired him to help navigate perhaps its most important market. By … Read more

China’s factory output slows as bottlenecks crimp production

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China’s factories slowed their output growth in April and retail sales significantly missed expectations as officials warned of new problems affecting the recovery in the world’s second-largest economy. While China‘s exporters are enjoying strong demand, global supply chain bottlenecks and rising raw materials costs have weighed on production, cooling the blistering economic recovery from last … Read more

The Moon, Mars and beyond: China’s ambitious plans in Space

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China is about to attempt something that only the United States and (very briefly) the Soviet Union have done before: successfully land a spacecraft on the surface of Mars. Having orbited the planet since February, the Chinese craft, called Tianwen-1, is expected to send a landing vehicle on a difficult descent through the thin Martian … Read more

China acting more ‘repressively, aggressively’ says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

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An increasingly powerful China is challenging the world order, acting “more repressively” and “more aggressively” as it flexes its influence, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview that aired Sunday. “What we’ve witnessed over the last several years is China acting more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad. That is a … Read more

Bollywood star Aamir Khan’s fans in China celebrate his birthday at Indian Embassy

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Chinese fans of Bollywood star Aamir Khan celebrated his 56th birthday on Sunday at the Indian Embassy here, highlighting his popular films like Three Idiots and Dangal, which struck a chord with the country’s youth as they focus on family values and relationships. About 80 fans, mostly youth, fondly recollected the influence of Khan’s movies … Read more

Despite transatlantic ‘love fest’, EU charts third way in ties with US and China

Despite transatlantic ‘love fest’, EU charts third way in ties with US and China

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken‘s first videoconference with European Union foreign ministers last month was so good humoured that some diplomats in Europe described it as a “love fest”. But two senior envoys who attended said there was no direct response from the ministers gathered in Brussels when Blinken said: “We must push back … Read more

QR codes, health passports: China’s tech arsenal against a pandemic – ET HealthWorld

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Daily life in China follows a rhythm of digital check-ins, with the QR code — at offices, malls and transport hubs — an integral defence against Covid-19 that helps to track, trace and isolate patients. Now the country where the coronavirus was first detected is launching a digital “health passport” for its 1.4 billion population … Read more

How global demand for hair products is linked to forced labor in China

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For the past decade, Mikayla Lowe Davis has been braiding and styling hair for her customers. “The first thing people see a lot of times is our hair,” she says. “We have to represent our crown and be confident with wearing it.” The 29-year-old stylist, who owns Mikki Styles Salon, is braiding in synthetic hair … Read more

U.S. recovery on track, but jobs growth needs time-economists

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The U.S. economy is expected to reach pre-COVID-19 levels within a year as President Joe Biden‘s planned fiscal package helps boost economic activity, but it’s likely to take over a year for unemployment to fall to early 2020 levels, a Reuters poll showed. After a pandemic-led 2020, confidence in this year’s recovery has soared with … Read more

Two arrests, two outcomes tell a tale of Xi Jinping’s China

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In 2003, a rural businessman named Sun Dawu was arrested after defying the Chinese government. A group of reform-minded officials, journalists, lawyers and academics waged a successful campaign to free him. In 2020, the Chinese government went after Sun after another bout of defiance. But China has changed, and the outcome so far has been … Read more