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Apple Inc. dispatched its chief operating officer to the Chinese factory complex of its main manufacturing partner last year to assess and advise the company after a rash of highly publicized suicides raised concerns about worker conditions at companies affiliated with the consumer-electronics giant.

In its annual survey of suppliers, Apple said Tim Cook visited the Shenzhen facility of Foxconn—the trade name for Taiwan-headquarted Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the world's biggest contract manufacturer of electronics—last June after nearly a dozen workers killed themselves, some by jumping from buildings. The suicides came as Apple launched its iPad tablet computer and raced to meet demand for the device.

The Cupertino, Calif., company said Mr. Cook and his team made recommendations, including better training of counselors, which were adopted by Foxconn, according to the report made public Monday. Mr. Cook and his team interviewed more than 1,000 workers and evaluated Foxconn's reaction to the events, which included establishing a 24-hour care center.

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Monday marked the end of an era for Japan. The curtain officially fell on its place as the world’s second largest economy, losing that rank to China. But as Asia watchers digest the shift in power and influence, Chinese students in Japan say China’s rise up the GDP ladder is neither a triumphant moment for China nor a woeful one for Japan.

“Even though (Japan) is No. 3 and was overtaken by China, I still think GDP is not a goal. GDP is just a tool for economic development,” said Xie Zhi Hai, a 28-year-old doctoral student at Waseda University in Tokyo. “The real measure is whether people enjoy a comfortable life, and in Japan I can feel that.”

Mr. Xie, who is earning a doctorate from Beijing University and Waseda University, points out that China’s per capita gross domestic product is still just one-tenth of Japan’s.

A U.S. government panel is poised to recommend that the president unravel an acquisition made by China's Huawei Technologies Co., after the Pentagon sought review of the deal, people familiar with the matter said.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is reviewing the telecommunications-equipment maker's $2 million deal last May to buy the assets of 3Leaf Systems, a Bay Area developer of technology that lets collections of server computers work together as a more powerful machine.

The interagency committee reviews cross-border deals with national-security implications and makes recommendations to the president. A decision by CFIUS on the Huawei deal is due Monday. The transaction still could be approved, and the president is free to disregard a recommendation by the committee.

CFIUS doesn't release information about a company under review, but a person familiar with the CFIUS process said a president has vetoed a foreign transaction only two or three times. Typically, a company will withdraw its application if it gets an indication the committee will recommend against a deal.