Viola Zhou

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Apple’s India move only in perception, Chinese dependency is realityThis article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West. Apple, the world’s second-most valuable company, is caught between the US, its home country, and China, its primary manufacturing base. Over the past few years, Apple has set up more production lines in Vietnam and India, and Chief Executive Tim Cook recently said most iPhones sold in the US would be made in India.

1 month ago | restofworld.org | Viola Zhou

China’s CATL, the world’s biggest electric battery maker, starts trading in Hong Kong this week, after a $4.6 billion IPO, the biggest so far this year. CATL has about 38% of the global market, and supplies Chinese automakers, as well as Tesla, Volkswagen, Ford Motor Co, and others, making it critical to the global electric vehicle supply chain.

1 month ago | restofworld.org | Viola Zhou

Patrick McGee’s new book, Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company, is out this week, just as the U.S. and China agreed to lower tariff levels for 90 days, with levies on Chinese imports dropping to 30% from up to 145%. Apple, the world’s second-most valuable company, is caught between the U.S., its home country, and China, its primary manufacturing base.

2 months ago | restofworld.org | Viola Zhou

Phillip Dampier, in Rochester, New York, spends up to eight hours a day on Chinese shopping sites, and has already shelled out about $3,500 on electronics and home goods. He is among the millions of Americans who frequent e-commerce platforms Temu, SheiniSheinFounded in China in 2008 and headquartered in Singapore, Shein is a fast fashion brand that grew rapidly through exposure on social media.READ MORE, and AliExpress, where ultralow prices may soon disappear as new tariffs take hold.

2 months ago | restofworld.org | Viola Zhou

Stephen Witt’s new book, The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip, is out this week, just as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have prompted fears of a global trade war and raised questions around the future of the world’s leading companies, including Nvidia. Nvidia’s graphics processing units, or GPUs, are the most powerful tools used to train artificial-intelligence models.