China has 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.
Hundreds of workers took to the streets around the vast iPhone factory in Zhengzhou on Wednesday, confronting hazmat-clad personnel wielding batons in a rare display of public anger in China.
One worker told AFP the protests had begun over a dispute over promised bonuses at the factory, run by Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn. Apple told AFP it had representatives on the ground at the factory and was "reviewing the situation and working closely with Foxconn to ensure their employees' concerns are addressed".The curbs in Zhengzhou are part of China's national zero-tolerance approach to COVID, which involves gruelling lockdowns, travel restrictions and mass testing.
But under the zero-COVID policy, even small outbreaks can shut down entire cities and land the contacts of infected patients in strict quarantine.
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