Published: November 24th, 2022,
Last updated: November 24th, 2022
The images from the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou resemble revolutionary or civil war scenes: faces covered in blood, torn-down barriers, clouds of tear gas and water cannons sweeping people off the streets. Both at night and during the day yesterday, turbulent scenes erupted around the Apple supplier’s largest plant, which, with its 200,000 or so employees, feels like a city within a city. Inadequate supplies and poor pay have enraged the workforce. Since October, the gigantic plant has been operating in a „closed circuit“ due to Covid outbreaks, which means no one can get out.