Haikou Port in Haikou's Xiuying district in south China's Hainan province.

Hainan’s Cheaper iPhones Signal China’s Bold New Free Trade Experiment

An iPhone that costs about US$100 less might not sound like a geopolitical statement, but in China’s southern island province of Hainan, it is exactly that. As global trade faces rising tariffs and deepening protectionism, China is moving in the...