BEIJING—The company that assembles Apple Inc.’s iPhones apologized Thursday for a pay dispute that triggered employee protests at a factory where anti-virus controls have slowed production. Employees complained Foxconn Technology Group changed the terms of wages offered to attract them to the factory in the central city of Zhengzhou. Foxconn is trying to rebuild the…
China Calls on Veterans and CCP Members to Help an Apple iPhone Factory
November 22, 2022
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The Chinese regime is recruiting retired soldiers and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members to work at an Apple iPhone assembly factory in Henan Province after a large number of employees fled a couple of weeks ago due to the strict “zero-COVID” measures. Some China observers are skeptical about the untrained manpower on the production line…
Beijing Insists on Zero-COVID Policy but Blames Local Governments for Excessive Measures
In a press conference on Friday, the Chinese Health Commission insisted the country’s zero-COVID policy is an effective and economic measure for pandemic containment. The officials also blamed local governments such as Zhengzhou for unscientific measures that hurt the economy and frustrated the public. On Nov. 5, the Health Commission emphasized sticking with the policy to…
Workers Leave iPhone Factory in Zhengzhou Amid COVID Curbs
HONG KONG—Workers in a manufacturing facility in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou appear to have left to avoid COVID-19 curbs, with many traveling on foot for days after an unknown number of employees were quarantined in the facility after a virus outbreak. Videos circulating on Chinese social media platforms showed people who are allegedly…
Outrage After Henan Protestors Violently Removed From Outside Bank
July 11, 2022
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A large number of Chinese bank customers protesting over frozen deposits were attacked by security forces in plainclothes in the capital of China’s central Henan Province on Sunday. It’s one of the biggest protests being suppressed in recent years. Photos and videos of the violence that the depositors suffered have spread quickly on Chinese social…
China Locks Down City of 10 Million Amid New COVID Outbreak, Apple Supplier Takes a Hit
May 6, 2022
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Another Chinese megacity is under lockdown due to a recent COVID-19 outbreak. Zhengzhou city, the provincial capital of China’s central Henan Province, is carrying out strict measures to contain the spread of the disease. But the lockdown could impact major manufacturers such as Apple supplier Foxconn, disrupting Apple’s supply chain. Following Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Guangzhou, local…
Beijing Blames Weather and Local Officials for Henan’s July Flooding Disaster in Investigative Report
Beijing announced in an online report a revised total death and missing persons toll after it reviewed an investigation of the devastating flooding that hit a central Chinese province last July. In its 46-page report, China’s top government body ̶ the State Council ̶ elaborated on the severity of the rainstorms, calling them “torrential rains…
COVID-19 Outbreak Spreads in Central China
The COVID-19 pandemic in China has spread to central China. More than 10 million residents in Henan’s provincial capital Zhengzhou have been required to do mass COVID-19 testing, while Yuzhou, a city of 1.2 million, has been totally locked down, making it the second Chinese city to be completely shut down after Xi’an. Confirmed cases…
COVID-19 Outbreak Spreads in Central Chinese City
More than 10 million residents in Henan’s provincial capital Zhengzhou have been required to do mass COVID-19 testing, while Yuzhou, a city of 1.2 million, has been locked down, making it the second Chinese city to do so after Xi’an. Confirmed cases have also been reported in 6 major cities in Henan Province. At present,…
To Curb COVID-19, China Segments City into 3 Types of Lockdown
Central China’s Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province, announced on Jan.4 that two districts of the city were divided into three segments and each is locked down to a different level. This is the latest order the regime launched to curb the spread of COVID-19. The segments are called “Closed Zone,” “Controlled Zone,” and “Prevention Zone,”…
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