#Apple plant’s Shanghai workers revolt over lockdowns: report

#Apple plant’s Shanghai workers revolt over lockdowns: report

“Apple plant’s Shanghai workers revolt over lockdowns: report” Worker unrest is on the rise at the Shanghai factory of a major supplier for Apple gadgets, with protests at times turning violent in response to draconian “COVID zero” lockdowns. Workers at the Quanta Computer plant — which makes Apple’s MacBook laptops — have been under strict…

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#Shanghai hunts for last COVID cases in lockdown

#Shanghai hunts for last COVID cases in lockdown

“Shanghai hunts for last COVID cases in lockdown” Shanghai authorities scoured the city of 25 million people for its last remaining COVID cases Thursday in the hope of ending its draconian six-week lockdown that has seen trapped residents screaming from their apartment windows in rage. Meanwhile, Beijing halted taxi services to try to curb the city’s…

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#Apple workers in Shanghai riot over COVID restrictions

#Apple workers in Shanghai riot over COVID restrictions

“Apple workers in Shanghai riot over COVID restrictions” Factory workers at a Shanghai facility that makes Apple products rioted on Thursday, clashing with guards in hazmat suits and jumping across security barriers in an apparent mutiny against strict coronavirus restrictions, dramatic social media video shows. The news comes more than a month into a citywide…

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#Frustration grows in Shanghai, China amid harsh COVID lockdowns

#Frustration grows in Shanghai, China amid harsh COVID lockdowns

“Frustration grows in Shanghai, China amid harsh COVID lockdowns” Frustration is boiling over in Shanghai, as residents increasingly chafe under weeks of draconian coronavirus lockdowns. On Chinese social media Saturday web users fought to share a six-minute video called “The Voice of April.” The footage showed a panorama of the city’s empty streets, while also…

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#Shanghai allows 4 million out of homes as virus rules ease

#Shanghai allows 4 million out of homes as virus rules ease

“Shanghai allows 4 million out of homes as virus rules ease” Shanghai allowed 4 million more people out of their homes Wednesday as anti-virus controls that shut down China’s biggest city eased, while the International Monetary Fund cut its forecast of Chinese economic growth and warned the global flow of industrial goods might be disrupted….

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# Shanghai includes Metaverse in its development plan

# Shanghai includes Metaverse in its development plan

“# Shanghai includes Metaverse in its development plan ” Shanghai, China’s most crowded city, is looking for ways to use metaverse in public services over the next five years. Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology’s five-year development plan for the electronic information industry listed four frontiers for exploration, and one of them is…

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