2023-06-24
Amazon to invest an additional $15 billion over the next 7 years. This will take Amazon's total India investment to $26 billion. The announcement came as Amazon CEO Andy Jassy met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the US https://www.business-standard.com/ ...
TechCrunch
Andy Jassy says Amazon plans to invest $15B more in India by 2030, likely most for AWS expansion; in May 2023, AWS announced a $12.7B investment in the country
Amazon plans to more than double its investment in India in the next seven years, the e-commerce group said …
2022-11-30
Apple supply chain data shows receding exposure to China as risks mount. The data shows how a diversification drive by Apple and its suppliers, with investments in India and Vietnam and increased procurement from Taiwan, the United States and elsewhere https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
Analysis of Apple's supply chain data shows 44% to 47% of suppliers were China-based between 2014 and 2019, dropping to 41% in 2020 and 36% in 2021
Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) wide exposure to Chinese manufacturing, notable both for its low costs and rising risks, has receded since the COVID-19 pandemic began …
Apple supply chain data shows receding exposure to China as risks mount. The data shows how a diversification drive by Apple and its suppliers, with investments in India and Vietnam and increased procurement from Taiwan, the United States and elsewhere https://www.reuters.com/...
CNN
Chinese state media: a five-day COVID-19 lockdown in Zhengzhou, home to Foxconn's iPhone plant, has been lifted; an analyst says disruptions cost Apple $1B/week
Hong Kong CNN Business — The central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, home to the world's largest iPhone factory …
2022-06-16
Japan passes bill to make online insults punishable with prison time. — I don't agree with this kind of law. Something like this in India will easily be used to stifle genuine criticism. Ppl come on social media by choice. Get a thick skin, use mute, block https://www.japantimes.co.jp/ ...
CNN
Japan passes an amendment making “online insults” punishable by up to a year in prison, after the suicide of a reality TV star who had faced social media abuse
Tokyo (CNN)Japan's parliament on Monday passed legislation making “online insults” punishable by imprisonment amid …
2021-03-11
China is freeing up billions of dollars for its tech industry. It is cataloging sectors where the US or others could cut off access to crucial technologies..seeking to address vulnerabilities in a wide range of industries,from smartphones to jet engines https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
To ease its dependence on US, China's new five-year plan calls tech development a matter of national security and pledges to raise R&D spending by 7% annually
2021-02-16
“A large amount of Lenovo laptops were sold to the U.S. military that had a chip encrypted on the motherboard that would record all the data that was being inputted into that laptop and send it back to China” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
@pwnallthethings
[Thread] A breakdown of significant issues with Bloomberg's recent Supermicro story, which may have relied on misunderstandings of an FBI briefing by a source
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2020-11-27
This Chinese company's only market was India. It's app got banned & sales dropped to zero and investment of $100 mn gone. https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
200+ Chinese apps are now blocked in India after the government banned another 43 apps on Tuesday, leaving Chinese tech companies facing huge losses
Five months after his business was banned in India, Aaron Li has resigned himself to being locked out of the country forever.
2020-11-26
This Chinese company's only market was India. It's app got banned & sales dropped to zero and investment of $100 mn gone. https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
200+ Chinese apps are now blocked in India after the government banned another 43 apps on Tuesday, leaving Chinese tech companies facing huge losses
Five months after his business was banned in India, Aaron Li has resigned himself to being locked out of the country forever. Tweets: @satyanewshi , @zouyuetweets , @johnhemmings2 ...
2020-08-25
Telecom Exec: It's open now that the government is not going to allow Chinese equipment. There is now clarity . . . It's really game over. https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
Sources: key ministries in India including its telecom department have indicated that local telcos should avoid using Huawei gear, but a formal ban is unlikely
Financial Times :
2020-05-22
US Senate overwhelmingly approves legislation that would require companies to certify that they are not under the control of a foreign government to list on US stock exchanges https://www.bloomberg.com/...
South China Morning Post
Report: Chinese investors in US tech companies closed 11 deals worth $400M in Q1, down from 18 deals worth $1.8B in Q1 2019, as China looks to EU for investment
There were 11 deals for Chinese investments into US tech companies in the first quarter, compared to 18 in the same period …
US Senate overwhelmingly approves legislation that would require companies to certify that they are not under the control of a foreign government to list on US stock exchanges https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
Senate passes legislation that would bar Alibaba and Baidu from US stock exchange listing, if they cannot certify they aren't under foreign government control
Bloomberg :
2020-02-08
This is scary - Chinese surveillance system with facial recognition & AI, is tracking movements of ppl. A person who stepped out after being asked to stay indoors was caught by the police & his boss informed after cameras spotted him #Coronavius https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
Coronavirus exposes China's surveillance state as apps show locations of the infected, cameras detect people with fevers and identify them even with masks, more
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - When the man from Hangzhou returned home from a business trip, the local police got in touch.