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China 'iPhone city' tightens COVID rules after violent protests

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 24 02:57 PM

A central Chinese city home to a vast iPhone factory has ordered an effective COVID lockdown for several districts, after violent protests. Read more »

Escape from Foxconn: Workers recount Covid chaos at iPhone factory

Jing Xuan Teng, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 04 03:44 PM

China is the last major economy committed to a zero-Covid strategy, persisting with snap lockdowns, mass testing and lengthy quarantines in a bid to stamp out emerging outbreaks. Read more »

Apple's biggest plant in China woos workers with benefits amid omicron surge

Ann Cao, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 18 12:41 PM

The world’s largest iPhone factory is offering former workers extra cash to return to its production line, as a local omicron COVID-19 outbreak disrupts travel to the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou. Read more »

Chinese woman stuck in blind date's house after city lockdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 13 08:50 AM

Imagine being on a first date you couldn't end? Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 5, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 12:13 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Chinese city tests residents for COVID-19

cnsphoto via Reuters
Posted at Jan 05 06:11 PM

Medical workers collect swabs from residents during a citywide nucleic acid testing following cases of COVID-19 in Zhengzhou, China. Read more »

COVID-19 reaches flood-hit city of Zhengzhou as virus continues to spread across China

Sarah Zheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 01 07:52 AM

The Delta variant continues to advance across China, with 30 local cases and 25 imported ones reported on Saturday. Zhengzhou was hit by record rainfall last week and the city’s Communist Party chief warned of an ‘extremely serious’ situation with further cases suspected. Read more »

China floods: Henan braces for another round of rains as number affected reaches 3 million

Eduardo Baptista, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 22 09:30 PM

While the clean-up operation continues in the provincial capital Zhengzhou, a red rain warning is in place for other major cities. Local authorities work to restore power and water supplies as the death toll rises to 33. Read more »

Massive flooding in Henan, China leaves 25 dead

Noel Celis, AFP
Posted at Jul 22 10:51 AM

People look at cars stacked on each other at an entrance of a tunnel following a heavy rain in Zhengzhou in China's Henan province on Wednesday. Read more »

12 dead in flooded subway as downpours hit central China

Beiyi Seow and Laurie Chen, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 21 12:31 PM

Twelve people died after torrential rains flooded a subway in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, authorities said Wednesday, as shocking images showed passengers struggling against chest-high water inside a train carriage. Read more »