Police are seen assaulting workers protesting over a pay dispute at the biggest Apple iPhone manufacturer.
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Foxconn, the biggest contract assembler of smartphones and other electronics, is struggling to fill orders for the iPhone 14 after thousands of employees walked away from the factory in the central city of Zhengzhou last month following complaints about unsafe working conditions.
China's status as an export powerhouse is based on factories such as Foxconn's that assemble the world's consumer electronics, toys and other goods.
The ruling Communist Party is trying to contain the latest wave of outbreaks without shutting down factories and the rest of its economy as it did in early 2020. Its tactics include "closed-loop management," under which workers live in their factories with no outside contact.
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Will never buy a I-phone
Wow many people in White coast try to k.. someone 😂😢
NO BRASIL A GALERA TANBEM TA REJEITANDO A COVID
That’s why my lao gan ma never came