Hundreds of workers clashed with Chinese police at Foxconn Zhengzhou, the world’s largest iPhone factory. See potential bias and similarities in coverage from SCMPNews, TPostMillennial and verge: Zhengzhou Foxconn
Protests have broken out at Foxconn’s vast iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, central China, as footage circulating on social media shows workers clashing with baton-wielding riot police and hazmat-suited officials. The protests started after workers, who have been under strict covid lockdown for weeks, learned bonus payments would be delayed, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Apple announced earlier this month that it expected lower shipments of premium iPhone 14 models due to disruptions created by the covid lockdowns at the same Foxconn facility. Zhengzhou, known locally as “iPhone city,” is home to an estimated 200,000 workers who...
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