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Protests erupt at largest iPhone factory in China

Police officers stand near demonstrators taking part in a protest over the freezing of deposits by some rural-based banks, in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, on May 23, 2022, in this screengrab taken from a video obtained by Reuters.

Large-scale protests broke out at Foxconn's vast iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, central China, images circulating Wednesday on Weibo and Twitter showed.

Beijing's unrelenting zero-Covid policy has caused fatigue and resentment among wide swathes of the population, some of whom have been locked down for weeks at factories and universities, or unable to travel freely.

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