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Is Your New iPhone Made With Mistreated Workers?

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is investigating labor conditions at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou facility following new allegations by China Labor Watch (CLW) of persistent worker mistreatment.

Benzinga

BYD Hit $100 Billion. Next: An EV Factory Bigger Than San Francisco

Last year, Chinese automaker BYD cast a shadow on other manufacturers when it managed to out-produce EV juggernaut Tesla. And now, BYD has managed to do it again, but this time square in the pocketbook. Its revenue has now surpassed Tesla as well, hitting a cool $107 billion for 2024…

InsideEVs

Chinese Officials Crack Down On Nighttime Bike Rides

Nighttime bike rides from Zhengzhou to Kaifeng attract Chinese college students seeking adventure and escape, sparking controversy and government intervention.

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Apple supplier giving factory staff $424 bonus if they can stick it out for 90 days ahead of new iPhone launch

Third-party manufacturer Foxconn is hoping to avoid any production problems ahead of the crucial Christmas shopping season following last year’s COVID difficulties.

Fortune

Micro-hotel room opens for £6 a night - but you sleep next to the toilet

Blogger Hei Mao Zhang recently spent a short stay in the room in the city of Zhengzhou and filmed himself catching some rest on the bed, which has very convenient access to the toilet

Daily Mirror

Chinese cities see temperatures hit record high for early March

More than a dozen major Chinese cities have seen temperatures hit record seasonal highs this week, with central China's Wuhan and Zhengzhou at more than 10 degrees Celsius (18F) higher than normal for early March, official data showed.

Reuters

One dead in big pileup on Chinese bridge shrouded in fog

One person was killed on Wednesday when more than 200 vehicles were involved in a pile-up on a bridge in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou in heavy fog, rescuers and the CCTV state broadcaster reported.

Reuters

A top Chinese AirPod maker is following Apple as it shifts its supply chain away from the mainland

As Apple diversifies its supply chain away from mainland China, its Chinese suppliers are moving too, establishing factories in new hubs.

Fortune

China Re-Opens More Areas at Risk for COVID Spread as Lockdowns Ease

China has slashed the number of locations deemed at high risk of wider COVID outbreaks, re-opening locked down areas including one hosting a key factory of an Apple supplier. The number of high-risk areas tumbled to around 4,500 on Monday, official data showed, down 85% from more than 30,000 on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Apple Makes Plans to Move Production Out of China

In recent weeks, Apple Inc. has accelerated plans to shift some of its production outside China, long the dominant country in the supply chain that built the world's most valuable company, say people involved in the discussions.

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China's biggest cities ease some COVID-19 pandemic restrictions amid anti-lockdown protests

Shanghai, Guangzhou, Zhengzhou and Chongqing have eased some pandemic restrictions following outrage at China's zero-COVID policies, as health authorities urge over 60s to get vaccinated.

The Independent UK

Foxconn apologizes for pay dispute at China factory

The company that assembles Apple Inc.’s iPhones has apologized for what it said was a technical error that led to protests by employees over payment of wages offered to attract them to a factory that is under anti-virus restrictions

Bangkok Post

6 million locked down in 'iPhone city'

ZHENGZHOU, China: Authorities have ordered six million people into lockdown in a city where violent protests broke out at an iPhone factory over Covid isolation policies and working conditions.

Evening Standard

China: ‘Zero Covid’ outlier imposes more lockdowns as coronavirus infections hit record high

More than 6million people in Zhengzhou have been told to stay at home for five days as China sticks to its ‘zero Covid’ strategy

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Apple supplier Foxconn will pay new hires $1,400 to quit as China's 'iPhone city' enters COVID lockdown

Foxconn is scrambling to respond to lockdowns and unrest at its Zhengzhou, China iPhone factory, where workers and security personnel clashed on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

China expands lockdowns as COVID-19 cases hit daily record

China is expanding lockdowns, including in a city where factory workers clashed this week with police, as its number of COVID-19 cases hit a daily record

The Times of India

China locks down 'iPhone city' as Covid cases rise

BEIJING: Zhengzhou, home to Apple Inc's largest iPhone manufacturing site, will be largely locked down for five days as officials in the Chinese city resort to tighter curbs to quell a swelling Covid-19 outbreak.

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How bad are the 'iPhone city' riots for Apple stock? Analysts see a 'body blow' for the most valuable company on earth

Hundreds of workers clashed with authorities at Foxconn's iPhone plant in Zhengzhou, China on Wednesday. Analysts warn it could affect already ailing iPhone production.

Reuters

China's Zhengzhou, Shenyang to tighten COVID rules

Eight districts in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou will conduct mass COVID-19 testing for five consecutive days from Nov. 25, state television CCTV reported on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Foxconn: Protests break out at world’s largest iPhone factory in China

Foxconn has strict measures for its workers at the factory in Zhengzhou

Bangkok Post

Protests erupt at largest iPhone factory in China

Large-scale protests broke out at Foxconn's vast iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, central China, images circulating Wednesday on Weibo and Twitter showed.

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