{"id":116683,"date":"2025-11-05T12:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/116683\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T12:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:09:13","slug":"apple-rival-xiaomi-proves-flavor-of-the-month-for-chinese-friendly-presidents-sorry-donald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/116683\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Rival Xiaomi Proves Flavor of the Month for Chinese-Friendly Presidents. Sorry Donald."},"content":{"rendered":"

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi (XIACF)<\/a> has put further pressure\u00a0 on U.S. tech rival Apple (AAPL)<\/a> by becoming the smartphone gift every Chinese-friendly President wants to have.<\/p>\n

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State Gifts<\/p>\n

According to a report in the South China Morning Post, Xiaomi\u2019s smartphones are now being utilized as a state gift between leaders of state.<\/p>\n

Last weekend, a pair of the company\u2019s handsets were presented as pressies by Chinese leader President Xi Jinping to his South Korean counterpart Lee Jae-myung.<\/p>\n

Adding to the charm offensive, Xi\u2019s interpreter reportedly pointed out that the displays on the Xiaomi smartphones were made in South Korea.<\/p>\n

This marked the first known instance when Xiaomi\u2019s smartphones were presented as state gifts to a foreign head of state. However, last month Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro praised a Huawei Technologies Mate X6 smartphone reportedly gifted to him by Xi. He is said to have called it the best phone in the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Xiaomi smartphone gift giving is a significant move in both tech diplomacy and national pride,\u201d said Su Lian Jye, chief analyst at tech consultancy Omdia. \u201cIt underscores China\u2019s confidence in its domestic tech brands amid geopolitical tensions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chinese Confidence<\/p>\n

There is every reason to be confident. Last month Xiaomi declared that initial sales of its new 17-series smartphones, built to compete directly with Apple, had been doing impressively well.<\/a><\/p>\n

Its shares have also dialed higher this year \u2013 see below:<\/p>\n

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Apple has been feeling the pressure in China due to that more intense competition from China\u2019s domestic phone brands, weak consumer demand and the U.S.\/China trade war.<\/p>\n

Although last week it provided a more positive signal declaring that sales of its iPhone 17 in China had exceeded expectations just two weeks after its launch.<\/p>\n

If Apple isn\u2019t bristling at the exchange of gifts, then there is one person who will be. President Trump. He had his own recent meeting with Xi, but no reports of any Xiaomi-sized gift boxes were spotted being handed over.<\/p>\n

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