https://www.scmp.com/rss/286700/feed Tim Cook has been chief executive of technology giant Apple, since August 2011, replacing co-founder Steve Jobs, who died of cancer in October 2011. Cook had previously served as acting chief executive when Jobs took medical leave in 2011. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Xinmei Shen Xinmei Shen The mounting challenges Apple faces in China will test John Ternus, the newly appointed CEO, as analysts watch if he tries to replicate his predecessor Tim Cook’s frequent “charm offensives” in the world’s largest smartphone market. “I’d like to see if the new CEO can charm Chinese consumers as well as government ministers, just as Tim Cook has,” said Bryan Ma, vice-president of client devices research at IDC. Apple announced on Tuesday that Ternus, 50, would be the new CEO effective September 1... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3350869/new-apple-ceo-john-ternus-inherits-complex-china-portfolio-tim-cook-steps-aside?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3350869/new-apple-ceo-john-ternus-inherits-complex-china-portfolio-tim-cook-steps-aside?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:00:08 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Apple on Monday announced that Tim Cook will step down as the tech giant’s chief executive officer in September, handing the top job to company veteran John Ternus. The announcement answers long-simmering questions about a successor for 65-year-old Cook, who said he will become executive chairman of the board when he cedes Apple’s CEO position. “It has been the greatest privilege of my life to be the CEO of Apple and to have been trusted to lead such an extraordinary company,” Cook said in a... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3350792/tim-cook-step-down-apple-ceo-handing-reins-firms-hardware-leader?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3350792/tim-cook-step-down-apple-ceo-handing-reins-firms-hardware-leader?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:36:48 +0000 David Dodwell David Dodwell Last week, on April 1 to be exact, Apple reached the grand old age of 50 (almost exactly a year younger than Microsoft), one of a tiny proportion of S&P-listed companies that have stayed the course for half a century. It is a company with which I have had a special connection and a love-hate relationship for most of my adult life. Not that I have ever owned an Apple product (I have always been a loyal Android man) nor any Apple shares; heavens, I wish I had. No. My special connection is more... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3349541/my-love-hate-relationship-apple-android-user?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3349541/my-love-hate-relationship-apple-android-user?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:30:09 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang Apple’s accidental roll-out on Tuesday of its highly anticipated Apple Intelligence feature in mainland China – which has yet to receive regulatory approval – before swiftly pulling it could raise the ire of regulators and expose the US tech giant to potential penalties, an industry expert warned. The brief release could have violated local rules on artificial intelligence security evaluations, algorithm filings and data protection, according to You Yunting, a Shanghai-based intellectual... https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3348527/apples-accidental-ai-feature-roll-out-china-risks-regulatory-backlash-expert-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3348527/apples-accidental-ai-feature-roll-out-china-risks-regulatory-backlash-expert-says?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:00:39 +0000 Ji Siqi,Sylvia Ma Ji Siqi,Sylvia Ma Beijing has urged global commitment to opening up, while pledging to create more blue ocean markets in a world engulfed by protectionism. Delivering the opening address to the China Development Forum on Sunday, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said, “protectionism is by no means a panacea for solving problems”, instead calling for opening up and technological progress to drive new market growth. “[Now,] power politics is running rampant, acting with impunity; at the same time, calls to uphold fairness... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3347456/premier-li-qiang-calls-global-pledge-open-while-power-politics-runs-rampant?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3347456/premier-li-qiang-calls-global-pledge-open-while-power-politics-runs-rampant?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Mar 2026 01:36:02 +0000 Ji Siqi,Kandy Wong Ji Siqi,Kandy Wong As diplomatic friction between China and Japan drags on, no Japanese business executives will attend a key forum in Beijing of multinational companies this coming week, according to an internal list seen by the South China Morning Post. Nearly 80 top executives from major foreign corporations, with those from the US making up the largest group, will attend the China Development Forum (CDF) from Sunday to Monday, according to the list. Meanwhile, some foreign CEOs – including a few from the... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3347378/japanese-executives-absent-chinas-key-annual-summit-amid-diplomatic-tension-sources?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3347378/japanese-executives-absent-chinas-key-annual-summit-amid-diplomatic-tension-sources?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Mar 2026 02:00:12 +0000 Wency Chen Wency Chen Apple CEO Tim Cook kicked off his first tour of China this year on Wednesday, while the iPhone maker’s chief operating officer visited key suppliers, including Foxconn and Sunwoda, in a sign of the company’s continued focus on the country’s huge market and manufacturing ecosystem. Cook turned up at an Apple Store in Chengdu, the capital of southwestern Sichuan province, in the afternoon as part of the company’s 50th anniversary celebrations. He interacted with celebrities and customers,... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3347062/apples-tim-cook-visits-china-reliance-chinese-supply-chains-endures?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3347062/apples-tim-cook-visits-china-reliance-chinese-supply-chains-endures?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:00:14 +0000 Ann Cao,Iris Deng Ann Cao,Iris Deng China has emerged as the brightest spot in Apple’s quarterly earnings, as the US tech giant achieved record iPhone revenue in the world’s largest smartphone market. Revenue in Apple’s Greater China region, which comprises mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, surged 38 per cent from a year earlier in the first quarter of fiscal 2026, which ended December 27, the Cupertino-based company said on Friday. That growth, more than double the company’s overall 16 per cent quarterly revenue increase,... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3341841/china-gives-apple-best-iphone-quarter-history-38-revenue-growth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3341841/china-gives-apple-best-iphone-quarter-history-38-revenue-growth?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:00:25 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press No longer confined to the partisans and activists, the fierce backlash against Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has begun to break out across American culture, spanning the worlds of business, sports and entertainment. Bruce Springsteen released a new song on Wednesday that slammed “Trump’s federal thugs”. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman told employees that “what’s happening with ICE is going too far”, referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. And lifestyle icon Martha Stewart... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341657/ice-cracks-down-some-americas-biggest-names-are-speaking-out?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341657/ice-cracks-down-some-americas-biggest-names-are-speaking-out?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Jan 2026 07:02:38 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump stole the show at the World Economic Forum in Davos, but he may have also made the annual gabfest of the global elite relevant again – at least for a week. The relevance of the gathering of CEOs and political leaders in the Swiss Alps is regularly questioned by critics who deride it as an out-of-touch echo chamber where little gets done. But all eyes were on this year’s Davos as Trump barrelled into town with a geopolitical storm hanging over the picturesque ski resort,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3341046/how-trump-stole-show-davos-and-revived-wef-never-been-more-relevant?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3341046/how-trump-stole-show-davos-and-revived-wef-never-been-more-relevant?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:42:10 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Apple customers in selected mainland Chinese cities can now get a new iPhone delivered to their door for free within three hours, as the US tech giant steps up efforts to defend its turf in the world’s largest smartphone market. From Wednesday, three-hour delivery is free for in-stock items including the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and AirPods. Other products will incur a delivery fee of 45 yuan (US$6.40). Apple normally charges 45 yuan for its express service in mainland... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3336056/apple-takes-chinas-smartphone-battle-house-house-free-3-hour-iphone-delivery?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3336056/apple-takes-chinas-smartphone-battle-house-house-free-3-hour-iphone-delivery?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:06:18 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and billionaire Elon Musk were among the guests at a lavish White House dinner hosted by US President Donald Trump for the visiting Saudi crown prince on Tuesday. Ronaldo plays for Saudi club Al Nassr, one of a number of ageing players who have been attracted to the desert kingdom’s heavy spending on stars despite its rights record. The 40-year-old, whose contract with the Saudi club ends this summer, took his place near the head of Trump’s table a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333359/ronaldo-musk-attend-trumps-white-house-dinner-saudi-crown-prince?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333359/ronaldo-musk-attend-trumps-white-house-dinner-saudi-crown-prince?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Nov 2025 05:30:59 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Apple plans to pay about US$1 billion a year for an ultrapowerful 1.2 trillion parameter artificial intelligence model developed by Alphabet’s Google that would help run its long-promised overhaul of the Siri voice assistant, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Following an extensive evaluation period, the two companies are now finalising an agreement that would give Apple access to Google’s technology, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3331786/apple-nears-us1-billion-year-deal-use-googles-gemini-ai-model-siri?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3331786/apple-nears-us1-billion-year-deal-use-googles-gemini-ai-model-siri?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Nov 2025 09:27:27 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Apple is struggling in China as sales decline amid cutthroat competition with domestic brands, but CEO Tim Cook says he is confident of a rebound on the back of rising demand for the iPhone 17 line-up. The US tech giant’s revenue in Greater China, which covers mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, dropped 4 per cent year on year to US$14.5 billion in the three months ended September, the company reported on Thursday. On a conference call with analysts, Cook attributed China’s sales weakness to... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3331037/can-iphone-17-right-apples-ship-china-us-tech-giants-ceo-tim-cook-thinks-so?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3331037/can-iphone-17-right-apples-ship-china-us-tech-giants-ceo-tim-cook-thinks-so?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:00:09 +0000 SCMP SCMP We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China’s analogue AI chip could work 1,000 times faster than Nvidia GPU: study Chinese scientists have created a superfast analogue chip that can solve complex maths problems for advanced scientific tasks and artificial intelligence... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3330154/myanmar-scam-farm-worse-death-chinas-superfast-analogue-ai-chip-scmps-7-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3330154/myanmar-scam-farm-worse-death-chinas-superfast-analogue-ai-chip-scmps-7-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Oct 2025 04:12:08 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng Apple CEO Tim Cook is looking forward to launching the company’s artificial intelligence system in China, following the successful effort to release the iPhone Air in the vast market. Capping his six-day visit to the country last week, Cook said at an event in Shanghai on Saturday that AI was “making a difference in people’s lives” and that Apple was “working on getting [Apple Intelligence] into China right now”. No timeline was provided. Apple Intelligence – a built-in AI feature of the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3329686/apple-ceo-tim-cook-pushes-ai-system-launch-china-after-iphone-air-release?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3329686/apple-ceo-tim-cook-pushes-ai-system-launch-china-after-iphone-air-release?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:00:08 +0000 SCMP SCMP Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Double whammy: Shanghai is sinking while sea level rises fast Shanghai is sinking while the sea level along China’s coastline is rising fast – its fastest in 4,000 years – possibly threatening China’s financial hub and the global supply chain, scientists warn in a new study. 2. Ships divert, directors resign as US-China port fees rock shipping... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3329447/sinking-shanghai-iphone-air-sells-china-top-scientist-quits-us-scmp-daily-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3329447/sinking-shanghai-iphone-air-sells-china-top-scientist-quits-us-scmp-daily-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:15:08 +0000 SCMP SCMP We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Images of hull sections suggest progress on China’s fourth aircraft carrier China appears to be making progress on its fourth aircraft carrier at a shipyard in the country’s northeast, according to satellite images, another key part... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3329318/chinas-fourth-carrier-takes-shape-missing-filipino-helpers-found-scmps-7-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3329318/chinas-fourth-carrier-takes-shape-missing-filipino-helpers-found-scmps-7-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Oct 2025 04:11:08 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang Apple’s iPhone Air sold out within minutes of its launch in China on Friday, underscoring the device’s popularity among Chinese consumers despite competition from Android devices. The strong sales followed CEO Tim Cook’s visit this week to promote the product in the world’s largest smartphone market amid ongoing geopolitical tensions between China and the US. As chairman of an advisory body at Tsinghua University’s management school, Cook also met Vice-Premier He Lifeng on Thursday. Pre-sales... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3329336/apples-iphone-air-sells-out-minutes-china-after-ceo-tim-cooks-visit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3329336/apples-iphone-air-sells-out-minutes-china-after-ceo-tim-cooks-visit?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Oct 2025 04:00:09 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday committed the US tech company to increased investment in China, even as trade tensions intensify between the world’s two largest economies. Cook made the pledge in a meeting with Li Lecheng, who heads the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), in Beijing after the US executive spent two days in Shanghai during his second visit to China this year. The two sides “exchanged views on the development of Apple’s business in China and strengthening... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3329133/apple-ceo-tim-cook-pledges-increased-investment-china-meeting-miit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3329133/apple-ceo-tim-cook-pledges-increased-investment-china-meeting-miit?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:00:15 +0000 Kok How Lee Kok How Lee For all the hype about reshoring and “America first”, the world’s quietest and smartest geopolitical strategy right now can be summed up in three words: “wait Trump out”. Across boardrooms and foreign ministries, “wait Trump out” has quietly become the name of the game. Few are betting on confrontation; most are calculating how to buy time. In an age of volatility, the most rational move is not to fight the chaos, but to time it. US President Donald Trump’s second term is disruptive but finite.... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3328904/why-fight-trump-when-you-can-wait-him-out?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3328904/why-fight-trump-when-you-can-wait-him-out?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:30:09 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng Apple CEO Tim Cook’s latest visit to China this year turned out to herald the launch of the iPhone Air on the mainland, as the country’s three major telecommunications network operators start commercial trials of the eSIM function on smartphones. China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom each confirmed on Monday that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology approved the eSIM trials, as Cook later that evening joined Apple’s live streaming session on ByteDance-owned platform Douyin... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3328992/apple-ceo-tim-cooks-latest-china-visit-powers-promotional-blitz-iphone-air?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3328992/apple-ceo-tim-cooks-latest-china-visit-powers-promotional-blitz-iphone-air?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:30:17 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng Apple CEO Tim Cook on Monday said the iPhone Air would make its official debut in China next week, with pre-orders to start on Friday, according to his post on Weibo. Cook’s announcement was made on the same day that China Unicom said it received government approval to conduct commercial trials for eSIM functions on smartphones. Cook kicked off his second visit to China this year, meeting the men behind Pop Mart’s Labubu toys. He met Hong Kong artist Kasing Lung, creator of the popular Labubu... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3328861/apple-ceo-tim-cook-says-iphone-air-release-china-next-week?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3328861/apple-ceo-tim-cook-says-iphone-air-release-china-next-week?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:30:07 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) reported a 30 per cent increase in its third-quarter sales as major US tech companies continued to make multibillion-dollar bets on artificial intelligence. Revenue for the three-month period ending in September totalled NT$989.9 billion (US$32.5 billion), according to Bloomberg News calculations based on monthly sales numbers provided by the company, while analysts on average were looking for NT$962.8 billion. The shares of Asia’s most valuable... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3328365/tsmc-posts-better-expected-sales-ai-demand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3328365/tsmc-posts-better-expected-sales-ai-demand?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Oct 2025 08:37:42 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg For the past four years, some Apple customers have been waiting for a significant redesign before buying a new iPhone. The time has come for those consumers, with the iPhone 17 Pro, Pro Max and iPhone Air going on sale. It is the first time since 2020 that Apple has rolled out several new phone designs. Alongside the new handsets, it also released the Apple Watch SE, Watch Series 11, Watch Ultra 3 and AirPods Pro 3 into stores on Friday. The new phones, which bring a fresh look in addition to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3326343/apple-takes-bite-out-competition-queues-form-long-awaited-iphone-17?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3326343/apple-takes-bite-out-competition-queues-form-long-awaited-iphone-17?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Sep 2025 04:01:08 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng Apple’s newly released iPhone series, including the groundbreaking iPhone Air, dominated social media discussion in China on Wednesday, with consumers expressing concerns about eSIM adoption and delayed Apple Intelligence features. China Unicom, one of three state-owned carriers, is the only telecoms service provider able to provide eSIM service to iPhone Air users, although China Telecom and China Mobile, two other operators, said they would roll it out later. China’s conditional acceptance of... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3325040/apples-new-iphone-series-sparks-lively-debate-among-chinese-fans-amid-esim-limits-ai-delay?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3325040/apples-new-iphone-series-sparks-lively-debate-among-chinese-fans-amid-esim-limits-ai-delay?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:00:23 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Tech world executives showered Donald Trump with praise on Thursday during a rare dinner that saw the US president host some of the most important players in AI at the White House. “This is quite a group to get together,” said Meta chief and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, who was seated at Trump’s right side. At the table were heads of major tech companies including Google-parent Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft and artificial intelligence star OpenAI. Some of those at the dinner had attended Trump’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324421/tech-titans-praise-trump-white-house-dinner-musk-notable-no-show?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324421/tech-titans-praise-trump-white-house-dinner-musk-notable-no-show?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Sep 2025 03:10:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration would impose tariffs on semiconductor imports from companies not shifting production to the US, speaking ahead of a dinner with major technology company CEOs. Since returning to office in January, Trump’s threat of tariffs has alienated trading partners, stirred volatility in financial markets and fuelled global economic uncertainty. “Yeah, I have discussed it with the people here. Chips and semiconductors – we will be putting tariffs... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3324410/trump-threatens-tariffs-chip-imports-firms-not-producing-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3324410/trump-threatens-tariffs-chip-imports-firms-not-producing-us?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Sep 2025 03:00:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump said he wants to make more investments in healthy US companies on Monday. Whether Corporate America is on board is another story. The White House announced a near-10 per cent stake in chipmaker Intel on Friday that converts government grants into an equity share. Trump doubled down on the idea of similar deals in other sectors on Monday, telling reporters at the White House: “I hope I’m going to have many more cases like it.” The administration’s approach upends a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323124/trump-wants-more-investment-deals-us-firms-intels-worrying-business-community?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323124/trump-wants-more-investment-deals-us-firms-intels-worrying-business-community?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Aug 2025 23:46:49 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng Apple has joined the popular Chinese social platform RedNote, known as China’s answer to Instagram, in the US tech giant’s latest bid to strengthen its brand presence in the competitive mainland market ahead of the launch of the iPhone 17. After publishing its first post on Saturday morning, the verified Apple account has amassed more than 200,000 followers on RedNote, a site known for its young, tech-savvy and trend-conscious user base. Earlier this year RedNote gained worldwide fame,... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3322223/apple-boosts-chinese-social-media-presence-rednote-account-ahead-iphone-17-launch?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3322223/apple-boosts-chinese-social-media-presence-rednote-account-ahead-iphone-17-launch?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Aug 2025 10:00:15 +0000 Letters Letters Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words, and must include your full name and address, plus a phone number for verification The letter, “Ethnic minorities in Hong Kong: how community centres can foster integration” (August 5), rightly questions whether the city has done enough to build a robust multicultural... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3321684/inclusiveness-hong-kong-should-go-beyond-token-gestures?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3321684/inclusiveness-hong-kong-should-go-beyond-token-gestures?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Aug 2025 03:30:11 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Stocks are drifting on Wall Street Thursday after US President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs took effect on dozens of countries. The S&P 500 added 0.2 per cent after climbing earlier to within a whisper of its record, which was set late last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 147 points, or 0.3 per cent, as of 10.45am Eastern, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.7 per cent higher. Worries are still high that Trump’s tariffs are damaging the economy, particularly after last week’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3321137/wall-street-rises-global-stock-markets-take-trumps-new-tariffs-stride?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3321137/wall-street-rises-global-stock-markets-take-trumps-new-tariffs-stride?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:00:13 +0000 Lawrence Chung Lawrence Chung Taiwan’s export-reliant economy is under mounting pressure following US President Donald Trump’s declaration that Washington would impose a 100 per cent tariff on imported semiconductors – unless companies establish operations in the United States. The latest blow came as a 20 per cent US tariff on Taiwanese goods took effect on Thursday, affecting a wide range of industries including machine tools, plastic goods, and agricultural exports such as orchids and seafood. The dual tariff threats have... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3321125/taiwans-chipmakers-fear-costly-choice-trumps-tariffs-or-us-factories?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3321125/taiwans-chipmakers-fear-costly-choice-trumps-tariffs-or-us-factories?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Aug 2025 12:04:51 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Apple’s CEO Tim Cook is using a familiar strategy to stay in Donald Trump’s good graces: expanding existing initiatives to show he supports the president’s “Made in the USA” agenda. Standing in the Oval Office on Wednesday between Trump and Vice-President J.D. Vance, Cook announced that Apple will increase its US investment commitment to US$600 billion over four years – up from the US$500 billion pledged after Trump’s second term victory. The centrepiece of the expansion is a US$2.5 billion... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3321057/apple-expands-18-year-old-iphone-glass-deal-corning-bid-avoid-trump-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3321057/apple-expands-18-year-old-iphone-glass-deal-corning-bid-avoid-trump-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Aug 2025 06:35:49 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Apple CEO Tim Cook joined US President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday to announce a commitment by the tech company to increase its investment in US manufacturing by an additional US$100 billion over the next four years. “This is a significant step toward the ultimate goal of ensuring that iPhones sold in the United States of America also are made in America,” Trump said at the press conference. “Today’s announcement is one of the largest commitments in what has become among the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3321012/trump-says-apple-investing-another-us100-billion-us-manufacturing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3321012/trump-says-apple-investing-another-us100-billion-us-manufacturing?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Aug 2025 21:56:03 +0000 Xinmei Shen Xinmei Shen Apple reported a sales boost in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan in the June quarter, aided by Beijing’s consumer subsidies, following a prolonged decline in the region amid intense competition and weak consumer spending. In the three months ended June 28, Apple’s Greater China revenue grew nearly 4.4 per cent year on year, rising to US$15.37 billion from US$14.73 billion, according to the company’s latest financial results released on Thursday. CEO Tim Cook attributed the quarterly growth,... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3320384/apples-china-sales-rise-electronics-consumer-subsidy-boost-huawei-threat-looms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3320384/apples-china-sales-rise-electronics-consumer-subsidy-boost-huawei-threat-looms?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Aug 2025 06:30:08 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg In Vietnam’s northern manufacturing belt, tariff angst isn’t stopping the flow of Chinese money. If anything, it’s growing. From a Chinese circuit board maker’s eager calls for workers, to construction crews rushing to finish a new plant for a Shenzhen producer of gaming parts, the electronics hub of Bac Ninh province just east of Hanoi is buzzing with Chinese activity. So much so that provincial officials expect to rubber-stamp US$1 billion in new investment licences – many of them... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3320149/vietnams-china-ties-strengthen-amid-trump-tariff-uncertainty?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3320149/vietnams-china-ties-strengthen-amid-trump-tariff-uncertainty?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:18:08 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Apple has struck a US$500 million deal to buy rare earth minerals from MP Materials, the US producer that just last week secured backing from the Pentagon. The two companies will build a factory in Texas, with neodymium magnet manufacturing lines tailored for Apple products, the iPhone maker said Tuesday in a statement. Apple said the spending on rare earth minerals is part of its earlier pledge to invest more than US$500 billion in the US over the next four years. Shares of MP Materials surged... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318354/apple-buy-rare-earths-pentagon-backed-us-producer-mp-us500-billion-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318354/apple-buy-rare-earths-pentagon-backed-us-producer-mp-us500-billion-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Jul 2025 17:28:12 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang will meet with senior Chinese officials in Beijing next week, signalling the company’s commitment to a vast market Washington is increasingly seeking to isolate. The CEO is seeking discussions with leaders including the commerce minister, a person familiar with the situation said. Huang is planning those meetings while attending the International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing next week, the person said, asking to remain anonymous discussing a plan still in flux.... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3317724/nvidia-ceo-huang-meet-chinese-officials-amid-us-tech-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3317724/nvidia-ceo-huang-meet-chinese-officials-amid-us-tech-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Jul 2025 09:54:17 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Apple Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams is retiring as the company’s long-time No 2, marking a blockbuster changing of the guard for the iPhone maker. Williams will step down as COO this month before retiring from the company later this year, Apple said in a statement on Tuesday. He will continue to oversee the design team, as well as managing health initiatives, until his departure. Sabih Khan will replace Williams as COO, while Apple’s design team will shift to report directly to Chief... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3317485/apple-operations-chief-retire-major-changing-guard?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3317485/apple-operations-chief-retire-major-changing-guard?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Jul 2025 03:18:54 +0000 Karman Lucero Karman Lucero What are the origins of China’s leverage in the trade war? And why are China’s exports disrupting markets across the world? That China has a strong hand is largely because it has picked up lessons from Silicon Valley and deployed the tactics at every level of the supply chain. Just as Silicon Valley companies “hacked” markets by upending traditional notions of best business practices and industry dynamics, many Chinese companies are doing the same with the global economy – and transforming... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3315063/china-taking-silicon-valleys-market-hacks-whole-new-level?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3315063/china-taking-silicon-valleys-market-hacks-whole-new-level?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:30:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters Nearly all the iPhones exported by Foxconn from India went to the United States between March and May, customs data showed, far above the 2024 average of 50 per cent and a clear sign of Apple’s efforts to bypass high US tariffs imposed on China. The numbers, being reported by Reuters for the first time, show Apple has realigned its India exports to almost exclusively serve the US market, when previously the devices were more widely distributed to countries including the Netherlands, the Czech... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3314256/nearly-all-foxconn-india-iphones-shipping-us-apple-looks-bypass-china-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3314256/nearly-all-foxconn-india-iphones-shipping-us-apple-looks-bypass-china-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Jun 2025 04:09:29 +0000 Reuters Reuters Apple had brought in Tata Group to handle repairs for iPhones and MacBook devices in its fast-growing Indian market, signalling the Indian conglomerate’s deepening role in the US tech giant’s supply chain, two people familiar with the matter said. As Apple looks beyond China for manufacturing, Tata has fast emerged as its key supplier and already assembles iPhones for local and foreign markets at three facilities in south India, with one of them also making some iPhone components. In its latest... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3313269/apple-gives-tata-india-iphone-repair-business-partnership-expands-sources-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3313269/apple-gives-tata-india-iphone-repair-business-partnership-expands-sources-say?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Jun 2025 01:51:37 +0000 Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma US President Donald Trump renewed his demand that Apple shift iPhone production to American shores from China and India or face additional tariffs. Trump on Friday said he may level a 25 per cent tariff on Apple iPhones made outside the United States, a move that could undermine a fragile 90-day truce agreed by US and Chinese trade negotiators in Geneva earlier this month. The president later suggested that smartphone levies could apply to Samsung as well, but he is clearly singling out Apple.... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3311796/china-can-shrug-trumps-bid-us-made-iphones?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3311796/china-can-shrug-trumps-bid-us-made-iphones?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 May 2025 09:00:32 +0000 Reuters Reuters President Donald Trump’s bid to bring manufacturing of Apple’s iPhone to the United States faces many legal and economic challenges, experts said on Friday, the least of which are the insertion of “little screws” that would need to be automated. Trump threatened on Friday to impose a 25 per cent tariff on Apple for any iPhones sold, but not made, in the United States, as part of his administration’s goal of reshoring jobs. He told reporters later on Friday that the 25 per cent tariff would also... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3311643/little-little-screws-one-many-hurdles-us-made-iphones?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3311643/little-little-screws-one-many-hurdles-us-made-iphones?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 May 2025 03:07:54 +0000 Zhao Ziwen Zhao Ziwen US President Donald Trump threatened sweeping 50 per cent tariffs on the European Union starting June 1, citing a breakdown in trade talks with the bloc, and simultaneously took aim at Apple, warning of a 25 per cent levy on iPhones made outside the US. The moves hit stock markets hard, with the S&P 500 shedding 0.67 per cent and Apple down 3.02 per cent at the close amid a broad downturn in European markets. Trump on Friday took to social media to explain his targeting of Apple. “I have long... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3311610/trump-cranks-trade-threats-again-targeting-apple-european-union?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3311610/trump-cranks-trade-threats-again-targeting-apple-european-union?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 May 2025 12:40:58 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Hon Hai Precision Industry, the main contract manufacturer of Apple’s iPhones, will inject US$1.5 billion into its India unit, as production shifts away from China. The Taiwan-based company, known internationally as Foxconn Technology Group, said in an exchange filing on Monday that it had made the investment through its Singaporean subsidiary. Hon Hai, which is building new plants and adding production capacity in southern India, did not immediately respond to an emailed request for... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3310995/foxconn-pumps-us15-billion-india-unit-apple-moves-iphone-production-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3310995/foxconn-pumps-us15-billion-india-unit-apple-moves-iphone-production-china?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 May 2025 02:04:52 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had asked Apple’s Tim Cook to stop building plants in India, taking aim at the iPhone maker’s plans to diversify its manufacturing beyond China. “I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,” Trump said of his conversation with the Apple chief executive officer in Qatar, where he is on a state visit. “He is building all over India. I don’t want you building in India.” As a result of their discussion, Trump said Apple would be “upping their... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3310475/trump-wants-apple-stop-india-iphone-production-boost-us-manufacturing-amid-tariff-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3310475/trump-wants-apple-stop-india-iphone-production-boost-us-manufacturing-amid-tariff-war?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 May 2025 09:05:37 +0000 Mark Magnier,Robert Delaney,Khushboo Razdan Mark Magnier,Robert Delaney,Khushboo Razdan US President Donald Trump on Monday said he is likely to speak with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in the coming days, claiming a “total reset” in relations and asserting that the weekend talks would prove great for “unification and peace”. “The talks in Geneva were very friendly,” Trump said of the negotiations that took place in Switzerland on Saturday and Sunday. “The relationship is very, very good. I’ll speak to President Xi maybe at the end of the week.” The two sides agreed to sharply... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3310057/trump-says-he-may-speak-chinas-xi-jinping-week-following-tariff-agreement?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3310057/trump-says-he-may-speak-chinas-xi-jinping-week-following-tariff-agreement?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 May 2025 14:25:18 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service In the first episode of the Apple TV+ show The Studio, Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese sells his script to the fictional Continental Studios, only to be told later by a studio chief played by Seth Rogen that the project, about Jonestown, has been killed. Instead, the company is fast-tracking a soulless brand-based cash grab: a Kool-Aid movie. “Just give me back my movie and let me go sell it to f****** Apple, the way I should have done it in the first place,” a despairing Scorsese... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3309263/apple-tv-willing-pay-good-money-creative-ideas-can-quality-beat-quantity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3309263/apple-tv-willing-pay-good-money-creative-ideas-can-quality-beat-quantity?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 May 2025 03:15:08 +0000