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Nov 3 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
#China Covid: Panic and fear drove iPhone factory breakout bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…
For this piece, workers at #Foxconn told us about some of the crazy rumours which drove the panic and mass breakout at the world’s largest producer of #Apple iPhones in #China… bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…
‘According to these rumours, the plan was to see how many of them would die.… Sentiments were spreading like: "Foxconn is going to take my life."’ bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…
#Foxconn workers told us about rumours which drove the breakout: 'The army was going to come in and take control so as to enforce a type of giant "living with Covid" experiment which involved allowing everyone to get sick... to see how many would die.' bbc.com/news/world-asi…

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Oct 30
Workers have broken out of #Apple’s largest assembly site, escaping the Zero #Covid lockdown at Foxconn in #Zhengzhou. After sneaking out, they’re walking to home towns more than 100 kilometres away to beat the Covid app measures designed to control people and stop this. #China
Workers have broken out of #Apple’s largest assembly site, escaping the Zero #Covid lockdown at Foxconn in #Zhengzhou. After sneaking out, they’re walking to home towns more than 100 kilometres away to beat the Covid app measures designed to control people and stop this. #China
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Oct 29
#Beijing now… #China.
A pash in the street. #Beijing #China
#Beijing the cops tonight… #China
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Oct 16
Today’s opening of #China’s Communist Party Congress will be dominated by a long speech from Xi Jinping which will sound turgid and formulaic but the choice of words has been workshopped for months and analysts will be pouring over it for any signs of policy shifts.
People will be searching for any shifts in economic policy priorities or any moves regarding #China’s foreign policy, especially say in relation to the #US. Naturally, Chinese people will be looking out for any signs of light at the end of the Zero-#Covid tunnel.
Looks like no changes to Zero-#Covid in #China in a hurry. Xi Jinping just said "people's lives come first; we will not waver in our Zero Covid policy".
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Oct 14
#XiJinping’s great potato miracle. A story from us in northern #China… Click on the video to watch: bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…
Click on this video to see #XiJinping's great potato miracle. A northern #China tale from us: bbc.com/news/av/world-…
What happened when #XiJinping visited Zhangbei. Well, according to #China's Party-controlled media, it was something of a miracle... bbc.com/news/av/world-…
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Sep 7
Let's try a little snapshot research. Amongst those living in #China, who knows somebody who has not been fully vaccinated for #Covid? Colleagues? Friends? Relatives? Just thinking about it quickly, I can think of at least six people I've met. Others?
The responses to this are in keeping with the anecdotal evidence I’ve heard from lots of people in #China. Most I’ve asked seem to know someone who’s not been vaccinated against #Covid. It makes me nervous about the veracity of official vaccination rate figures.
I've met people in #China who've thought that vaccination isn't necessary because they're not likely to get infected. They're also fed up with #ZeroCovid restrictions but haven't understood that people like them need to get vaccinated before restrictions can be lifted.
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Aug 26
The images coming out of #Chongqing are apocalyptic. Mass #coronavirus PCR tests being carried out as bushfires rage following months of heatwave with a record drought threatening crops and severely limiting much needed hydroelectricity. #China
Some more info on the vast drought across southern #China…
Large queues with what appear to be hundreds of fire fighters lining up for #coronavirus PCR tests in #Chongqing. This shows the priority being placed on zero #Covid in #China. Even as fires rage through forests, emergency teams must participate in mass testing.
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