The Gionee A1 smartphone seen at last year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain. Photo: Bloomberg

Chinese smartphone brand Gionee fires half its factory workers amid financial woes

Topic | Smartphones

Li Tao in Shenzhen

Published: 11:35am, 3 Apr, 2018

Updated: 5:35pm, 3 Apr, 2018

The Gionee A1 smartphone seen at last year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain. Photo: Bloomberg

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Li Tao

Li Tao is a senior technology reporter, based in Shenzhen. He focuses on big enterprises including Alibaba, Huawei and ZTE, hardware makers, and smartphone brands such as Oppo, Vivo and Oneplus. He joined the Post in 2017 after working for more than seven years with China Daily in Hong Kong. He has masters degrees in both laws and journalism.