FAST FIVE: Apple Shifts Ipad Production Out Of China For First Time One of the top iPad assemblers, China's BYD, assisted the world's most valuable tech company in building production lines in Vietnam, with series production beginning in small numbers in the near term. Apple has already shifted AirPods earbud production to the Southeast Asian country. Ideally, the company hopes these suppliers can prepare enough additional components to fully offset the amount made by those in Shanghai and nearby provinces such as Jiangsu, where the risk of supply chain disruption is higher, according to sources. If Apple does not end...