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Foxconn offers $1,800 bonus to staff who stay in iPhone city

Bloomberg Apple Inc partner Foxconn is offering bonuses of as much as $1,800 to existing workers at its Zhengzhou facility, hoping to sustain the staff levels it needs to run the world’s largest iPhone factory. Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, will top up wages by as much as 13,000 yuan per month in December and January ...

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‘Disruptive’ China influence prompts Canadian tilt towards Indo-Pacific

Bloomberg Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is boosting military spending and expanding Canadian trade ties in the Indo-Pacific region as part of a “generational” policy shift aimed at countering China’s influence. Foreign Minister Melanie Joly released her nation’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, including nearly $1.7 billion (C$2.3 billion) in spending. That money is being used for more navy patrols in the region, ...

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China Covid protests spread to Hong Kong

  Bloomberg Dozens of people in Hong Kong rallied in the city and emulated some of the protests erupting in China in opposition to the nation’s Covid Zero policy. The people gathered in the city’s central business district at about 7:40 pm local time, with some holding blank pieces of paper — mimicking what many protesters have done in the ...

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