There are reports of violence and tense conditions on social media. Foxconn, a Taiwanese subcontractor, owns the largest iPhone factory in the world, located in central China. On Wednesday, November 23, large demonstrations broke out there. However, the tech giant denied accommodating new recruits with Coronavirus-positive staff as workers complained about wages and working conditions.
Covid-19 cases on Apple's huge Chinese site, which employs more than 200,000 employees, have increased in recent months for this Taiwanese company, Apple's main subcontractor. Foxconn took the measure to confine the workers to the site in an enclosed bubble in accordance with China's "zero Covid" policy, which is causing discontent among the population. On the spot, chaos and disorganization ensued, forcing hundreds of workers to flee. It offered large bonuses to the remaining employees and tried to recruit new employees to keep the plant afloat.
Images from protests verified by AFP show daytime workers marching down a street, some facing riot police and people in white full body suits. Several workers shout "Let's defend our rights!" in front of rows of police in a video broadcast live at night. According to a journalist, we also see a gate on fire and police using water cannons and tear gas canisters against workers.
The video's creator shouts, "They're charging!" and "Tear gas bombs!"; other images show a worker still setting up a metal barrier on the ground. Around noon on Wednesday, the hashtag #RiotsFoxconn appeared to be blocked on Chinese social media, but few posts about the protests were still visible online.
Foxconn, a Taiwanese technology giant, said in a statement that it will continue to communicate with employees and the Chinese government regarding any violence to stop similar incidents from happening again.
This is the direct consequence of the globalizatión. You just can not ban anyone forever. Even, if you're a communist-corporatocracy named as China. Sooner or later, this would and will happen. Excellent, my friend! @davideownzall A few hours from now I will be posting about "Debt" and capitalism. Hope to see you there.
With globalization, chinese people can also see how in other countries people are not going anymore to accept restrictions, and they think "why do we have to pass trough this crap?"
Precisely. Thing is freedom has a cost. And the chinese government has no problem at all to oppress any protest whatsoever... Very good post, mate! In a few hours I'll be posting about "Debt" and capitalism. Hope to see you there.
Same as happening in Iran, just not covid related, we will see what the future reserves for those countries
Exactly. Authoritarian countries are impossible for basic human rights. They're not the only ones, of course but indeed the most dangerous.