China In-Focus — China’s smartphone market share rises in Russia; Tesla goes forward with China hiring occasion
BEIJING: China’s market share within the Russian smartphone market jumped considerably in Could as producers together with Apple and Samsung paused new gross sales within the nation and Western sanctions weighed on its economic system.
Chinese language producers Xiaomi, Realme and Honor accounted for 42 % of Russia’s smartphone gross sales final month, in accordance with knowledge from cell community MTS which was shared with Reuters — up from 28 % throughout the identical month in 2021.
South Korea’s Samsung misplaced its spot because the market chief, with 14 % of units offered versus 28 % final yr, and Apple’s share dropped to 9 % from 12 %.
General smartphone gross sales had been down 26 % year-on-year, MTS stated, as Western sanctions and provide chain disruptions have severely hit Russia’s shopper economic system.
Tesla goes forward with China hiring occasion after Musk job warning
Tesla added two dozen new job postings for China on Thursday and stored open an invite to a hiring occasion per week after Elon Musk threatened job cuts on the electrical automotive maker, saying the corporate was “overstaffed” in some areas.
Tesla had introduced plans to carry the occasion on-line ranging from 7 p.m. Shanghai time (1100 GMT) to recruit employees for “good manufacturing” roles, in accordance with a web-based publish. The occasion was not seen from different accounts as of late Thursday and it was not instantly clear whether or not it had proceeded for candidates.
Tesla had no quick remark, in accordance with Reuters.
Tesla had 224 present openings in China for managers and engineers below that class, in accordance with a separate publish on its WeChat account, 24 of which had been newly posted on June 9. Among the many posted positions are managers and engineers to oversee the operation of its 6,000-ton die casting machines generally known as Giga Press, one of many world’s largest.
Tesla recurrently holds such hiring occasions on-line in China, with the most recent one held in Could for summer time interns.
(With enter from Reuters)
