Beijing-based Baidu has now enlarged the mobile app’s search bar and turned it into a “smart box” that supports long text input and handles more tasks than simple text-based queries and information retrieval, according to the company’s statement on Wednesday. This search box is capable of handling prompts that are thousands of words long, rather…
Chinese engineers have played a key role in training Indian workers since Apple began scaling up production in India about four years ago. However, now, Beijing is discouraging technology transfers and equipment exports to India read more Foxconn Technology Group has sent hundreds of Chinese engineers and technicians back home from its iPhone manufacturing facilities…
Foxconn has quietly pulled back hundreds of Chinese engineers from its iPhone plants in southern Indiaa move that could throw a wrench into Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) fast-tracked diversification plans. More than 300 workers have already flown home over the past two months, according to people familiar with the matter, leaving mostly Taiwanese support staff on the…
Talks lay groundwork for a summit between EU and Chinese leaders in Beijing on July 24 and 25. The European Union’s foreign policy chief has urged China to end restrictions on the export of rare earth elements and warned that Chinese firms’ support for Russia’s war in Ukraine posed a serious threat to European security….
By Arathy Somasekhar and Karen Freifeld HOUSTON (Reuters) -The U.S. cleared the way to resume ethane exports to China on Wednesday, sending letters to producers Enterprise Products Partners and Energy Transfer rescinding a restrictive license requirement put in place just weeks ago, a sign that the U.S.-China trade truce was on track. The U.S. had…
The Dalai Lama said on Wednesday that the 600-year-old institution of spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhists will continue after his death and a trust created by him will be the sole authority to recognise his reincarnation, effectively shutting out any role for China in choosing his successor. The spiritual leader was recognised as the 14th…
A new book contending that Apple Inc went too far in consolidating its operations in China is prompting debate among analysts of the country – some of whom say the company may have had no realistic alternatives. “If they were to have it to do over again, would they have done anything differently?” asked Meg…
A top Republican senator released FBI emails showing the bureau did not investigate evidence of Chinese interference in the 2020 election, favoring former President Joe Biden. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley stated the FBI suppressed intelligence to protect then-Director Christopher Wray’s testimony that downplayed foreign meddling risks. Internal emails indicated FBI agents questioned the…
July 2 – Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares jumped more than 5% on Wednesday after the company reported a 0.8% year?on?year rise in China?made electric vehicle sales for June, ending an eight?month slide. Deliveries from the Shanghai factory, including domestic sales and exports, totalled 71,599 units, up from May’s pace by about 16%, data from the China…
While both countries have aimed to expand their influence in the Middle East, they have remained silent after the Israel-Iran War. Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday. The call was initiated by the French side, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. “It was the French side’s idea,” he…