{"id":36710,"date":"2022-08-09T11:11:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T15:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=36710"},"modified":"2022-08-09T11:11:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T15:11:38","slug":"labeling-apple-shipments-from-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/09\/labeling-apple-shipments-from-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"Labeling Apple Shipments From Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cheng Ting-Fang and Lauly Li<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Apple told suppliers on Friday that China has started strictly enforcing a long-standing rule that Taiwanese-made parts and components must be labeled as being made either in “Taiwan, China” or “Chinese Taipei,” sources familiar with the matter told Nikkei Asia, language that indicates the island is part of China.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

Using the phrase “Made in Taiwan” on any import declaration forms, documents or cartons could cause shipments to be held and checked by Chinese customs, the sources added. Penalties for violating such a rule is a fine of up to 4,000 yuan ($592) or, in the worst-case scenario, the shipment being rejected, one of the sources said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Via John Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Apple’s reliance on China has put the company in a spot where it must insist its suppliers print a falsehood on components to comply with communist propaganda.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n