Gerry Shih

Associated Press

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

In this photo provided by Korea Coast Guard, the Panama-registered tanker 'Sanchi' is seen ablaze after a collision with a Hong Kong-registered freighter off China's eastern coast Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. The oil tanker collided with a bulk freighter and caught fire off China's eastern coast, leaving its entire crew of 32 missing, most of them Iranians, authorities said.

Tanker at Risk of Exploding

Authorities from three countries are struggling to find its 32 missing crew members and contain oil spewing from the blazing wreck.

Chinese labor activist Hua Haifeng carries his son as they leave a police station after being released.

China Frees Activists Probbing Trump Supplier

The three activists walked out of a police station on the final day of their legally mandated 30-day detention period limit.

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China Trademark Applicants Treated Equally

Statement comes after Beijing awarded U.S. President Donald Trump preliminary approval for a trove of trademarks.

A man rides a bike past smoke spewing from the sprawling complex that is a part of the Jiujiang steel and rolling mills in Qianan in northern China's Hebei province. China's top economic planner pledged Tuesday, Jan 10, 2017, to continue cutting steel and coal production that have been a source of trade friction with many countries.

China Pledges to Cut Excess Coal, Steel

Chinese leaders say they are working to roll back production and shutter unprofitable and debt-laden producers that are a drag on China's economy itself.

China President Xi Jinping is calling for 'more fair and equitable' governance of the internet.

China Doubles Down on Internet Control

The Communist Party's mouthpiece, People's Daily, warned in an editorial that China must break monopolies over core technologies and standards and remain untethered to other countries' technology supply chains.

In this file photo, a woman sits near a display showing the dangers of hackers breaking into mobile devices during the Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing. Chinese electronics maker Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology has issued a recall for millions of products sold in the U.S. following a devastating cyberattack, but has lashed out at critics who say its devices were at fault.

Firm Did All It Could Before Cyberattack

A Chinese electronics maker that recalled millions of products sold in the U.S. said it did all it could to prevent a massive cyberattack that briefly blocked access to websites including Twitter and Netflix.

Relatives of passengers who were on board the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that went missing on March 8, 2014, cry outside a transportation court after filing a lawsuit in Beijing, China, Monday, March 7, 2016. Twelve Chinese families with relatives aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 have filed a lawsuit in a Beijing court, one day before the deadline for pursuing litigation against the carrier.

Boeing, Rolls-Royce Face Lawsuit Over Missing Plane

The lawyer for the 12 families pursuing the litigation said they are seeking a range of damages but the ultimate goal of the lawsuit is "to find out the cause of the accident and those who are responsible."

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China Moves 10 Chemical Plants

The Tianjin Binhai New Area suffered one of China's worst industrial accidents in August when a warehouse storing combustible chemicals exploded less than half a mile away from residential apartments.