Inthe article by David Barboza, How China Built ‘iPhone, NY Times,December 29, 2016, to win Apple’s contract manufacturer after thefirst iPhone rolled out, many Chinese governments did thefollowing:
a. Officials from various regions camped out at hotels inZhengzhou, where Foxconn had its main operations.
b. Zhengzhou created a special economic zone for the projectand provided a $250 million loan to Apple.
c. The Shenzhen government saw the factory as a hugeopportunity for development in an area that had been bypassed byChina’s boom, and officials wanted to rebrand a place derided as asource of migrant laborers and unfairly tarnished as a land ofthieves and counterfeiters.
d. The Zhengzhou government also pledged to spend more than$10 billion to build a new airport, just a few miles away from thefactory.
e. Zhengzhou City officials lavished money and favorableinvestment terms on Foxconn, and they promised discounted energyand transportation costs, lower social insurance payments, and morethan $1.5 billion in grants for the construction of factories anddormitories that could house hundreds of thousands ofworkers.
In the article by David Barboza, An iPhone’s Journey, From theFactory Floor to the Retail Store, NY Times, December 29, 2016, thefactory that builds iPhone is described as all the following,except
a. The operation does what is called F.A.T.P., or finalassembly, testing and packaging.
b. Roughly 350 iPhones can be produced each minute in thefactory of Foxconn, Zhengzhou.
c. There are 94 production lines at the Zhengzhoumanufacturing site, and it takes about 400 steps to assemble theiPhone, including polishing, soldering, drilling and fittingscrews.
d. After the iPhone rolls off the assembly line, it is placedin a sleek white fiberboard box, wrapped and put on a woodenpallet, and then wheeled out to waiting trucks.
e. Foxconn’s facilities in Zhengzhou cover 2.2 square milesand can employ up to 350,000 workers, many of whom earn about athird of the minimum wage of NY workers.
In the article by Matthew Campbell, Is Emirates AirlineRunning Out of Sky? BloombergBusinessweek, ?January? ?05?, ?2017?,Emirates’ superconnector model faces which of the followingchallenges?
a. In Istanbul, an airport that may be as large as Dubai WorldCentral is under construction and could eventually allow TurkishAirlines to become a global challenger.
b. In Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, the major Chineseairlines are using the same geographic advantages to expand, as thepassengers from Europe and America are directed to the Chinesecities then redirect them to their destinations in Asia or otherparts of the world.
c. The superconnector model itself might fall apart, as theproliferation of lighter, fuel-efficient jets such as the Boeing787 are making maximum long-haul routes which are less than 4,000nautical miles between smaller cities economical, reducing the rolefor megahubs of all stripes.
d. Qantas airlines is using the same geographic advantages toexpand, cloning the “superconnector” model pioneered inDubai.
e. United Airlines use its hubs in Denver and Chicago assuperconnector model, and its strategy works out very well.
In the article by Matthew Campbell, Is Emirates AirlineRunning Out of Sky? BloombergBusinessweek, ?January? ?05?, ?2017?,the major international hurdles may include the following:
a. The bigger threat may lie in the U.S., the world’s mostlucrative travel market, where Emirates has been expandingaggressively, and in China, the world fastest growing air travelmarket.
b. The challenges from around the world major markets claimthat Emirates make the world less hospitable.
c. The U.S. Big Three are intensifying a lobbying campaignagainst Emirates.
d. The major Europe airlines argue that deep-pocketedforeigners are threatening local jobs by flooding the market withsubsidized capacity.
e. The U.S. airlines, including Big Three, JetBlue and AlaskaAirlines are lobbying against Emirates and many other foreignairlines, seeking to curtail their access to American airportsunless “unfair subsidies” are eliminated.
In the article by David Barboza, How China Built ‘iPhone, NYTimes, December 29, 2016, Apple has experienced the following withthe Chinese regulators and authorities:
a. Apple is now engaged in the corporate version of shuttlediplomacy with Mr. Trump in New York, part of an effort to gainsupport from the incoming administration.
b. The Chinese authorities fined the technology giant forfailure to fully pay its taxes.
c. Apple’s Cook will be on good-will tour in China in the nearfuture to mend its relationships with the Chinese authority.
d. Regulators shut down Apple’s Store last spring, just sixmonths after the services were introduced in China.
e. Apple went through a national security review in China forthe iPhone 7, delaying its release in the country.
