Big Setback for Apple; iPhone Supply Chain Takes Hit From China’s Covid-Zero Enforcers
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With little warning, China locked down the world’s largest iPhone factory on Wednesday. It’s the last thing Apple Inc. needed.
With little warning, China locked down the world's largest iPhone factory on Wednesday, declaring the zone around the Zhengzhou Foxconn Technology Group complex off-limits to combat a local Covid-19 outbreak. It's the last thing Apple Inc. needed.
The abrupt move is expected to further disrupt a factory already grappling with an outcry over an on-site coronavirus outbreak, worker exodus and enforced quarantine. Local authorities said Wednesday that they'll sterilize Foxconn's campus and the surrounding areas in the next three days and send N95 masks to workers, another sign of the government's tightening grip.
It served up a stark reminder of th...