Protesting Workers Beaten at China's iPhone Factory Amid COVID Restrictions

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Protesting Workers Beaten at China's iPhone Factory Amid COVID Restrictions
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Videos and postings on Chinese social media say employees at the world’s biggest Apple iPhone factory have been beaten and detained in protests over contract disputes amid anti-virus controls.

“Foxconn released very tempting recruiting offers, and workers from all parts of the country came, only to find they were being made fools of," Li said.

“Regarding any violence, the company will continue to communicate with employees and the government to prevent similar incidents from happening again,” the company statement said. has risen across China, prompting authorities in areas including Beijing, the capital, to close neighborhoods and impose other restrictions that residents say go beyond what the national government allows.

The government will enforce its anti-COVID policy while"resolutely overcoming the mindset of paralysis and laxity,” said a spokesman for the National Health Commission, Mi Feng. Foxconn said earlier its Zhengzhou factory uses “closed-loop management,” which means employees live at their workplace with no outside contact.

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