Chinese Workers Storm Barricades, After Being Locked in iPHone Factory Forced to Work

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<p>Hundreds of workers at a technology factory in Shanghai, China, protested the strict COVID-19 lockdown on Thursday by storming the barriers and fighting with security. While the rest of the world has begun moving to an endemic phase in order to live with the virus, China has fought the virus with large-scale lockdowns in an attempt to eradicate COVID-19 outbreaks. The city of Shanghai and its 26 million residents have been in a strict lockdown since the end of March, and residents of the city have begun protesting the procedures. On Thursday, workers at a factory in Shanghai owned by Taiwan's Quanta Computer Inc., that makes devices like MacBook Pros for Apple, began rushing the metal barriers and clashing with security guards in an attempt to break free. Bloomberg reported that the factory workers are under a "closed-loop system," meaning the workers are currently living and sleeping on the factory property or in nearby accommodation that they are shuttled to and from in an effort to mitigate contact between people who could spread the virus.</p>