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The Latest Breaking News from Zhengzhou

China’s Guangzhou locks down, Beijing shuts schools over COVID

China is battling COVID flare-ups from Zhengzhou in central Henan province to Chongqing in the southwest.

Al Jazeera

Several Beijing Districts Shut Schools as China COVID Cases Rise

Students in schools across several Beijing districts buckled down for online classes on Monday after officials called for residents in some of its hardest-hit areas to stay home, as COVID cases in China's capital and nationally ticked higher. China is fighting numerous COVID-19 flare ups, from Zhengzhou in central Henan…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Announces 1st COVID-19 Death in Almost 6 Months

China on Sunday announced its first new death from COVID-19 in nearly half a year as strict new measures are imposed in Beijing and across the country to ward against new outbreaks. The death of the 87-year-old Beijing man was the first reported by the National Health Commission since May…

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China announces 1st COVID-19 death in almost 6 months

China has announced its first new death from COVID-19 in nearly half a year

The Independent UK

Chinese leaders face anger over 2nd child's quarantine death

Chinese authorities are facing more public anger after a second child’s death was blamed on overzealous anti-virus enforcement, adding to frustration at controls that are confining millions of people to their homes and sparked fights with health workers

The Independent UK

‘Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’: How a mass lockdown at the world’s biggest iPhone factory is India’s big chance to beat out China as Apple’s favorite supplier

A recent lockdown and mass worker escape from Apple’s top iPhone supplier in China is accelerating the company’s shift to make more smartphones in India.

Fortune

China shortens quarantines as it eases some of its COVID rules

China on Friday eased some of its strict COVID rules, including shortening quarantines by two days for close contacts of infected people and for inbound travellers, and removing a penalty for airlines for bringing in too many cases.

Reuters

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Apple Supplier Foxconn Adjusts Production to Avoid Holiday Blues

Apple Inc supplier Foxconn said on Thursday it expected smartphone revenue to fall this quarter and is adjusting production to prevent recent COVID-19 curbs at a massive iPhone factory in China from impacting holiday orders. Foxconn has grabbed headlines in recent weeks, with tight virus restrictions at its Zhengzhou plant,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Why iPhone 14 Pro delivery times are almost 2 months right now

A lockdown at Foxconn's Zhengzhou assembly facility in China has iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max delivery times backed up by almost two months.

Inverse

Apple warns iPhone shipments will be delayed due to Covid restrictions at Foxconn plant

Tech company says customers will experience longer wait times as the plant in China is operating at reduced capacity

The Guardian - AU

Rumours of zero-Covid easing spread in China amid anger at restrictions

Despite relatively low case numbers, there are reportedly about 200 lockdowns across the country

The Guardian - AU

Reports say China aiming for less disruptive COVID policies

China's health ministry has said its severe anti-virus controls should be made less disruptive and a city with the world’s biggest iPhone factory has promised to ease restrictions

The Independent UK

Supply fears as China lockdown hits world’s largest iPhone factory

Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou, which which many workers have fled, now under seven-day Covid lockdown

The Guardian - UK

China closes zone around iPhone factory after virus cases

Access to an industrial zone in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou has been suspended after the city reported 64 coronavirus cases and workers who assemble Apple Inc. iPhones left their factory in the zone following outbreaks

The Independent UK

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China Imposes Covid Lockdown on Area Around iPhone Factory

Chinese authorities on Wednesday locked down the area surrounding the world's largest iPhone factory belonging to Foxconn after workers fled the facility to avoid a virus outbreak and the resulting restrictions. All people except Covid-prevention volunteers and essential workers "must not leave their residences except to receive Covid tests and…

Daily Mirror

Workers flee from iPhone plant fearing Covid outbreak as factory is locked down

A worker has said that the world’s largest iPhone factory "has put a chill in my heart" after he was forced to escape the compound fearing that he may too be "taken away" if he contracted Covid-19 in Zhengzhou, China

The Guardian - UK

Chinese city accused of ‘performative lockdown lifting’

Residents claim Zhengzhou authorities are trying to avoid scrutiny of Covid lockdown’s severity

Reuters

Shanghai Disney visitors told to stay home after COVID case, Foxconn ups bonuses

Several Shanghai residents received fresh stay-at-home orders and mandatory testing notices on Tuesday as authorities raced to trace contacts linked to a COVID-positive woman whose visit to the city's Disney Resort prompted its temporary lockdown.

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Reuters

Apple supplier Foxconn quadruples bonuses to staff hit by China COVID lockdown

Apple supplier Foxconn said on Tuesday it has quadrupled bonuses on offer for workers at its Zhengzhou plant in central China as it seeks to quell discontent over COVID curbs and retain staff at the giant iPhone manufacturing site.

The Independent UK

Workers walk out of iPhone factory, highlighting virus woes

Workers who assemble Apple Inc.’s newest iPhone walked away from a factory in central China following virus outbreaks and complaints of unsafe working conditions, highlighting the clash between the disease’s enduring risks and efforts to restore the global flow of goods

ABC News

Workers flee iPhone assembly factory in China after COVID-19 outbreak

Chinese authorities are hastily drawing up plans to isolate workers fleeing a COVID-19 outbreak at one of the largest iPhone assembly factories in China.

The Independent UK

Workers leave iPhone factory in Zhengzhou amid COVID curbs

Workers in a manufacturing facility in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou appear to have left to avoid COVID-19 curbs

Reuters

Chinese cities brace for wave of Foxconn workers from COVID-hit Zhengzhou

Cities in central China hastily drew up plans to isolate migrant workers fleeing to their hometowns from a vast assembly facility of iPhone maker Foxconn in COVID-hit Zhengzhou, fearing they could trigger coronavirus outbreaks.

Al Jazeera

As China doubles down on ‘zero-COVID’, some have had enough

The digital tools for tackling the virus are intruding deeply into people’s lives, but there is no sign of a relaxation.

Reuters

When Chinese protesters came up against Xi's security machine

Jack Yao, a Chinese Communist Party member, never wanted to be an activist.

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