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How was Apple able to maintain its production of iPhones in China during the height of Covid-19 in China?
by waynecochran 4y ago
How was Apple able to maintain its production of iPhones in China during the height of Covid-19 in China?
- qikInNdOutReply 4y agoThere is the truth, as in the party wants zero covid. And there is the truth. The party wants to earn money, no matter what. So work is allowed, and ignored, just dont tell Xi and some excessive Covid measures are driven into some unimportant areas for show. The ilusion of a strong state, the same as russias military ..
- andsoitis 4y agoIf you had massive outbreaks at a factory like Foxconn’s largest in Zhengzhou which employs 300,000 people, you would have massive interruptions to production. Instead, they do extensive testing and quarantining to prevent outbreaks at a factory like that. So no, it isn’t “performative zero COVID”.
- immibis 4y agoWhy can't our own politicians figure that out?
- waynecochran 4y agoIt would be interesting to speak with a Foxconn employees from that time...
- qikInNdOutReply 4y agoMost of the workers who work at these factorys are young and fit, and they life and eat on site. So as so often in china, local tax inspector in company inspects shipment, local covid expert certifies zero covid. Every once and a while a higher up arrives. Before that happens, the workers are checked for covid, some are quarantined and the rest is for a few weeks actually covid free. After the visit nobody cares..
- xadhominemx 4y agoCOVID impacted EMS production facilities in the off peak season, so suppliers were able to move production around to different sites to dodge outbreaks. But it did impact production in Spring 2020.
- waynecochran 4y agoDifferent sites in China? Was Covid-19 that localized?