The decision was sparked by turmoil at 'iPhone City' inside Zhengzhou (a 'city-within-a-city'), where as many as 300,000 workers assemble iPhones and other Apple products as a Foxconn-run factory, which produces roughly 85% of the iPhone Pro lineup.
to shift some of its production outside of China, theThe company has been reportedly telling suppliers to 'actively' plan on assembling Apple products elsewhere in Asia -, as the company looks to reduce dependence on Taiwanese assemblers spearheaded by Foxconn.
So no, Apple isn't moving production out of concerns over human rights abuses, censorship, or other types of oppression. —even if those companies are themselves based in China. Two Chinese companies that are in line to get more Apple business, they say, are Luxshare Precision Industry Co. andOn calls with investors earlier this year, Luxshare executives said some consumer-electronics clients, which they didn’t name, were worried about Chinese supply-chain snafus caused by Covid-19 prevention measures, power shortages and other issues. They said these clients wanted Luxshare to help them do more work outside China.
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