
The World Cup, an iPhone factory riot and mass lockdowns: China’s zero covid quandary
Inside China
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COVID-19 - What Is the Latest?
In late October, things were quite chaotic because the COVID-19 just broke out and workers had no idea. This time they started around Tuesday, which turned very much more violent and bloody this time. So we saw many videos posted on Twitter and Chinese media yesterday from the scene of the confrontation between workers and the police. And we are seeing videos this morning of that conflict continuing overnight. What is the latest? The company first offered to pay each worker 10,000 yen, like 1,400 US dollars for each workplace they agreed to leave the factory immediately. But some of the workers still stay there because they wanted to work there but get more pay. They don't want the 10,
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