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88% of Apple’s suppliers are in Asia, 11% in U.S.

February 19, 2013

Apple’s suppliers in Asia.

Apple released a list of its 748 suppliers last month. According to a new data visualization by ChinaFile, more than 600 of them are in Asia, and more than half of those are in China.

 

 

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Apple iPad comes with a human cost in China

January 28, 2012

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Apple in China

On a Friday evening last May,  an explosion ripped through Building A5, an eruption of fire and noise that twisted metal pipes as if they were discarded straws.

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