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Chinese court bans some iPhones over Qualcomm patent dispute
U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm says it's won an order in a Chinese court banning some Apple phones in China as part of a long-running dispute over patents. Qualcomm said Monday that the Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court in China has granted preliminary injunctions ordering four Chinese subsidiaries ...
Tariffs prompt GoPro to pull manufacturing of U.S.-bound cameras from China
GoPro on Monday announced plans to pull production of U.S.-bound cameras out of China to avoid tariffs that could push up its prices in a fiercely competitive market. Manufacturing of GoPro cameras for countries other than the U.S. will remain in China, according to the ...
Huawei exec seeks Canada bail on health grounds as China ups trade pressures
A top executive of Chinese telecom giant Huawei on Monday sought release from Canadian detention on health grounds, as Beijing escalates its protests over her arrest on a U.S. warrant. Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer, faces U.S. fraud charges related to alleged sanctions-breaking dealings ...
China slams 'inhumane' treatment of arrested Huawei executive
China on Monday ratcheted up its protest over the arrest of an executive of telecom giant Huawei on a U.S. warrant in Canada, calling reports of her treatment "inhumane" as she seeks her release on bail for health reasons. China's latest tirade over the case ...
China gene-editing scientist's project rejected for WHO database
The global medical community is distancing itself further from the researcher whose controversial gene-editing work has been condemned by scientists and the Chinese government. A Chinese branch of the World Health Organization has withdrawn an application to register He Jiankui's project in its clinical database. ...
New Zealand grapples with China's influence and intimidation
As an illiberal China exerts global influence, small Pacific states become canaries in a geopolitical coal mine.
Bug business: Cockroaches corralled by the millions in China to crunch waste
In the near pitch-dark, you can hear them before you see them — millions of cockroaches scuttling and fluttering across stacks of wooden boards as they devour food scraps by the ton in a novel form of urban waste disposal. The air is warm and ...
Chinese police detain prominent Protestant 'house' church leaders and attendees in Chengdu
Police have detained dozens of churchgoers and leaders of one of China's most prominent Protestant "house" churches, congregation members and activists said, in the latest government action against unregistered religious groups. Teams of police and state security officials in the southwestern city of Chengdu came ...
China state media say 10 people have been charged with various offenses over rioting at a gathering of military veterans protesting for better benefits. It wasn't clear whether the suspects are veterans. However, the violence at the Oct. 4-7 gathering in the eastern city of ...
Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei survived a famine. Can he weather Trump?
At the sprawling Huawei Technologies Co. campus in Shenzhen, the food court's walls are emblazoned with quotes from the company's billionaire founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei. Then there's the research lab that resembles the White House in Washington. Perhaps the most curious thing, though, ...
Concerned about health issues, Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou seeks bail in Canada
Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of China's Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., argued that she should be released on bail while awaiting an extradition hearing, citing her long-standing ties to Canada, properties she owns in Vancouver and fears for her health while incarcerated, court ...
Canada's arrest of top Huawei official stokes fears among American executives of Chinese reprisals
At a closed-door security meeting of U.S. companies in Singapore on Thursday, one topic was high on the agenda: the arrest of a top executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei and the potential backlash on American firms operating in China. Officials from major U.S. companies ...
