Following a previous protest over China coronavirus lockdown conditions, workers at the Quanta MacBook Pro plant in Shanghai have again rioted.
The first riot in early May was specifically a clash between workers and authorities enforcing a COVID lockdown. China had been implementing a series of zero-tolerance lockdowns to rid the area of the coronavirus infections.
According to China Times, Quanta workers rioted again on the night of May 21, and into the next morning. The report is not clear, though, what prompted this riot, or what the clash was specifically about.
However, images from the night show many people in COVID protective gear.
China Times says that rioters broke into the site's dormitories housing hundreds of Taiwanese cadres or specialist workers. The rioters are reported to have chanted slogans such as, in translation, "Down capitalism," and "roll back to Taiwan."
Reportedly, Quanta head office officials say they are not clear about the situation, and are investigating.
China has been steadily concluding its lockdowns, which at one point were affecting over half of the 200 major Apple suppliers in the region.
