Foxconn

Apple’s Tim Cook visits China as reliance on Chinese suppliers endures

18 Mar 2026 - 10:00PM

Semiconductors

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang urges TSMC to expand capacity amid AI chip crunch

Taiwan trip highlights supply chain strains, with Huang saying Nvidia alone could potentially require TSMC to more than double its capacity.

1 Feb 2026 - 7:00PM

TSMC is doing an incredible job, says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, right, who is seen with TSMC CEO C C Wei in Taiwan. Photo: Reuters

Technology

Opinion | Does AI’s rise have to mean job losses? East Asia tells a different story

Studies from Vietnam to South Korea show AI adoption has not cannibalised jobs. Instead of simple mechanisation, economies are synergising.

7 Dec 2025 - 9:30AMvideocam

Taiwan

Opinion | Reinventing Kaohsiung: Taiwan’s port city transcends its industrial past

From shipyards and smokestacks to a smart, green metropolis, Kaohsiung shows urban renewal can succeed in the unlikeliest of places.

22 Nov 2025 - 1:30PM

Artificial intelligence

Taiwan’s Foxconn expands AI hardware push with OpenAI deal

Foxconn sees profits soar after shifting its focus from low-margin iPhone assembly to AI servers that are now in huge demand.

21 Nov 2025 - 2:52PM

Foxconn Technology Group has been expanding capacity in the US, as a major supplier of AI servers and related networking gear. Photo: Shutterstock

UBTech’s 2026 humanoid robots production to grow 10-fold to 5,000

Production cost is falling 20 per cent every year, says UBTech’s chief branding officer Michael Tam during an interview with the Post.

19 Nov 2025 - 10:44PM

Nvidia and Apple supplier Foxconn posts 17% rise in third-quarter profit

Net profit for Nvidia’s biggest server maker and Apple’s top iPhone assembler hits US$1.89 billion, higher than US$1.62 billion estimate.

12 Nov 2025 - 3:13PMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

Nvidia China hopes rekindled as Trump flags Blackwell chip talks with Xi

Expectations that Nvidia could resume AI chip sales to China lift its shares to record highs, as CEO signals confidence in a Trump deal.

29 Oct 2025 - 6:56PM

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he is hopeful of a return to the China market. Photo: Getty

Chinese display manufacturing giant BOE makes foray into robotics, AI software

The company’s push into robotics reflects China’s position as the world’s largest market for industrial robots in 2024.

29 Sep 2025 - 6:07PM

Beijing-based BOE Technology Group’s biggest customers include Apple and Huawei Technologies. Photo: Shutterstock

China technology

Super Typhoon Ragasa disrupts iPhone production, cross-border e-commerce

Beyond factory walls, the typhoon interrupts vital transport and logistics arteries connecting China to global markets.

24 Sep 2025 - 5:00PMvideocam

India

Apple’s India push faces hurdle as Foxconn recalls 300 Chinese staff

The recall of engineers is the second in recent months, and comes as Beijing reportedly curbs tech exports to prevent manufacturing departures.

23 Aug 2025 - 9:46PM

Foxconn unit invests US$30 million in Hong Kong-based Robocore

The capital injection is expected to help Robocore accelerate growth and expand into new markets.

21 Aug 2025 - 8:00AM

A unit of Foxconn Technology Group took part in the recent Series D funding round of Robocore. Photo: Shutterstock

Apple contractor Foxconn ramps up hiring at China factory ahead of iPhone 17

New recruits who stay at the factory for three months qualify for a bonus of up to US$1,113, a significant hike from early July.

20 Aug 2025 - 9:00PM

Workers at a Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, September 4, 2021. Photo: VCG via Getty Images

Foxconn shifts focus away from iPhones as AI servers drive growth

Foxconn’s revenue from making AI servers and other cloud and networking products surpasses smart consumer products for the first time.

19 Aug 2025 - 10:45AMvideocam

World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos

Apple supplier Foxconn partners with motor maker Teco to build AI data centres

The move underscores Foxconn’s efforts to grow beyond its traditional role as Apple’s main iPhone assembler, as it taps opportunities in AI.

30 Jul 2025 - 7:23PMvideocam

‘Summer Davos’ calls for China’s firms to move manufacturing abroad for success

Executives say China’s companies should fully relocate production to secure supply chains against tariffs, trade restrictions as they expand.

26 Jun 2025 - 8:29AMvideocam

Li Dongsheng, founder and chairman of TCL, speaks at a World Economic Forum panel in Tianjin. Photo: Handout

Apple is shipping nearly all of its India-made iPhones to the US

From March to May, Foxconn exported iPhones worth US$3.2 billion from India, with an average of 97 per cent shipped to the US.

13 Jun 2025 - 12:09PMvideocam

Foxconn expects robust revenue growth from AI despite US tariffs

The world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer plans to enter the US market by the end of this year, chairman Young Liu says.

30 May 2025 - 11:45AM

US-China trade war

China can shrug off Trump’s bid for US-made iPhones

Building the supply chains, manufacturing know-how and labour force for Apple to manufacture its iconic devices in the United States is easier said than done.

26 May 2025 - 5:00PM

India

India’s stock market rated above Japan and China by more fund managers: survey

Fund managers are confident that India will benefit more from the US-China trade war, according to the Bank of America Securities survey.

22 May 2025 - 2:53PM

The Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai. Indian stocks are favoured by more fund managers than their peers in Japan and China, according to a survey. Photo: AP

Foxconn invests in India as Apple moves iPhone production from China

Apple is looking to import most of the iPhones it sells in the US from India by the end of 2026.

22 May 2025 - 2:47PM

Semiconductors

Nvidia’s Huang teases new Taiwan office, supercomputer plans in Computex speech

In his keynote speech at Computex in Taipei, Jensen Huang said Nvidia secured a lease for a new property and is partnering with local firms, including Foxconn.

19 May 2025 - 6:00PMvideocam

China’s industrial robot output soars, as Unitree and UBTech take lead

Production of industrial robots in April outpaced increases seen in earlier months amid national enthusiasm around the technology.

19 May 2025 - 5:00PMvideocam

A UBTech humanoid robot picks up an object during a demonstration simulating a factory’s assembly line. Photo: Reuters