Inside Foxconn’s Zhengzhou iPhone plant as the company grapples with a weekslong COVID-19 outbreak during a critical period, leading to harsh lockdown measures (Selina Cheng/Wall Street Journal)

Juliana Liu / CNN:
Chinese state media: a five-day COVID-19 lockdown in Zhengzhou, home to Foxconn’s iPhone plant, has been lifted; an analyst says disruptions cost Apple $1B/week  —  Hong Kong CNN Business —  The central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, home to the world’s largest iPhone factory …

Reuters:
Source: Foxconn expects its COVID-hit Zhengzhou plant to resume full production around late December to early January, but uncertainties remain  —  Apple supplier Foxconn (2317.TW) expects its COVID-hit Zhengzhou plant in China to resume full production around late December to early January …

Vlad Savov / Bloomberg:
Source: turmoil at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou hub is likely to lower iPhone 14 Pro production by close to 6M units in 2022, potentially worsening if lockdowns continue  —  Turmoil at Apple Inc.’s key manufacturing hub of Zhengzhou is likely to result in a production shortfall of close …

Bloomberg:
Sources: hundreds of Foxconn workers at Apple’s iPhone plant in Zhengzhou clashed with security guards as protests erupted over unpaid wages and COVID-19 fear  —  Hundreds of workers at Apple Inc.’s main iPhone-making plant in China clashed with security personnel, as tensions boiled …

Debby Wu / Bloomberg:
Taiwanese prosecutors indict the head of Luxshare, a Chinese iPhone assembler, for allegedly using a shell company to take over local company Speed Tech in 2012  —  Taiwanese prosecutors have indicted the head of Luxshare Precision Industry Co. for using a shell company to surreptitiously …

South China Morning Post:
Inside Zhengzhou’s “iPhone City” lockdown, where China’s zero COVID-19 policy, related propaganda and fears, and Foxconn’s missteps led to the worker riots  —  In a widely cited anecdote about the power of the Chinese workforce, a manager at an iPhone factory was once able …