Apple supplier Foxconn’s founder Terry Gou pushed China to ease COVID curbs – WSJ
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Apple supplier Foxconn's founder Terry Gou had warned China that the government's zero-COVID stance would threaten the position of the world's second-largest economy.
Apple supplier Foxconn's founder Terry Gou had warned China that the government's zero-COVID stance would threaten the position of the world's second-largest economy in the global supply chain, the Wall Street Journal reported. The appeal, sent by Gou in a letter more than a month ago, played a major role in convincing China's leadership to quickly reopen the economy and move away from its zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy, the report said on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Gou's office said in a statement that it "sternly denies" the facts in the report. Foxconn, which is the biggest assembler...