Sunday, May 29, 2022
Riots in China: Because of Corona, the nerves are blank!
Riots in China: Because of Corona, the nerves are blank!
DAY24
4 hrs ago
Shanghai (China) - The "0-Covid strategy" still applies in China. But the population is less and less willing to put up with it. Dramatic video footage from a factory that also produces for Apple has now surfaced.
While the pandemic was officially ended in this country, China is taking a different path: restrictions, tough lockdowns and the toughest supervision.
For fear of new restrictions, many factory bosses are said to have decided without further ado not to let their employees leave the company premises.
According to the business magazine Bloomberg, the workers apparently have to live crammed together in so-called dormitories on the factory premises. Up to twelve people can share a room.
All this just so that production can continue. But there is neither more money for the workers, nor is there any compensation in the form of a few additional vacation days.
The people who are locked up, some of whom haven't seen their families for months, are expected to accept it. But there is resistance.
Bloomberg now has a video. It shows how hundreds of workers at a factory owned by the supplier Quanta let their anger run free. People riot, fight with security guards and finally try to storm the management's offices.
"People are frustrated and tired of these controls," said one worker. An escalation is inevitable, especially because there is no timetable for the end of this situation, the man continues.
The Quanta factory near Shanghai mainly produces monitors for Apple's Macbook. The monthly wage is said to be the equivalent of 400 euros, far too little to be able to live in Shanghai, said another employee.
There is resistance elsewhere too
Thousands of students demonstrated in Beijing and in Shanghai the "health police" beat their own people with batons.
Thousands of students also took to the streets in Beijing on Monday, as "Radio Free Asia" reported.
And even health workers, the "White Guard" notorious for their brutality, are dissatisfied.
In a shocking Twitter video, different units of the "health police" are said to be beating each other with the utmost brutality.
Apparently, there was a dispute about accommodation and food. But the incident shows that nerves in China are on edge.
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