Exclusive: Apple turns to China to double AirPods Pro production

US tech giant's usual suppliers take fright at missing the 'hearables' boom

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AirPods Pro on display at an Apple store in Shanghai: The wireless earbuds, which offer noise cancellation, are made in China by a Chinese company, Luxshare. (Nikkei montage/Getty Images).

LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- Apple will use a "wolflike" Chinese manufacturer to meet surging consumer demand for its AirPods Pro wireless earphones even as the California-based company has lobbied Washington for tariff relief amid the ongoing U.S.-China trade dispute, the Nikkei Asian Review has learned.

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