1. Unrest at Foxconn in Zhengzhou, a mass escape of employees, and rumors of a special police force taking over: Recently, a massive outbreak of cross-infection happened at Foxconn in Zhengzhou, where tens of thousands of people are rumored to have been diagnosed positive. The factory of 200,000 employees has gone out of control. Some employees rioted in the dormitories, and tens of thousands of employees fled, on a journey home on foot. It is rumored that special police and military forces have moved into Foxconn to take over the company and control the flight of employees. But Foxconn told the media that the rumor was grossly inaccurate. Only a small number of people were affected. Foxconn has 3 major areas. Just the port factory alone has roughly 350,000 workers. Even a small percentage of the employees would amount to quite a lot of people. Foxconn employees revealed that many diagnosed employees have no place to quarantine because the quarantine sites are full, and there is a serious shortage of supplies at those places, so remaining employees have started to flee the factory, resulting in a mass exodus.
2. Wildfires in Hunan province continue; casualties are a mystery; the livestream of a huge public memorial was cut short: During the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party CCP, massive wildfires broke out in provinces like 廣西、湖南Guangxi & Hunan. However, the Chinese media was completely quiet about it. Only after the 20th Congress did the media report that two firefighters died in Hunan. According to Zhao, the tragedy of the fire is not only covered up but also the news of the huge memorial service held by the public for the two firefighters who died fighting the fire is also controlled by the government. The memorial service was live-streamed right after it started, and was inexplicably cut short afterward.
Unrest at Foxconn in Zhengzhou, a mass escape of employees, and rumors of a special police force taking over.
Recently, a massive outbreak of cross-infection happened at Foxconn in Zhengzhou,
where tens of thousands of people are rumored to have been diagnosed positive.
The factory of 200,000 employees has gone out of control.
Some employees rioted in the dormitories, and tens of thousands of employees fled on a journey home on foot.
It's rumored that special police and military forces have moved into Foxconn to take over the company and control the flight of employees.
A lot of footage from Zhengzhou shows that many people are walking late at night through the wheat fields,
in the woods, or on the highway, carrying luggage and wrapped in blankets.
They are employees of Foxconn in Zhengzhou who have escaped from the factory at night and are walking home.
Some have walked for two days and nights.
On the Douyin platform, users have asked questions like,
What's going on in Zhengzhou?
When I drove past the Zhengzhou section, I saw many people walking on foot, on the highway, pulling suitcases.
A few days ago, it was rumored that 20,000 people were infected in Foxconn's port area, and they were hauled away for quarantine.
The rest stayed at their jobs to continue the production.
Employees at the quarantine site are said to have no guarantee for their basic lives, and once taken away, it's very difficult to get back.
Such news has greatly scared the remaining employees.
But Foxconn told the media that the rumor was grossly inaccurate.
Only a small number of people were affected.
Foxconn has three major areas.
Just the port factory alone has roughly 350,000 workers.
Even a small percentage of the employees would amount to quite a lot of people.
Foxconn employees revealed that many diagnosed employees have no place to quarantine because the quarantine sites are full, and there is a serious shortage.
The authorities have deployed many police officers to intercept the fleeing Foxconn employees.
There are also rumors that special police officers have entered the Foxconn factory to try to control the fleeing employees.
It's said that the authorities have sent 30,000 troops to Foxconn.
Wildfires in Hunan province continue.
Casualties are a mystery.
The livestream of a huge public memorial was cut short.
During the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, or CCP, massive wildfires broke out in provinces like Guangxi and Hunan.
However, the Chinese media was completely quiet about it.
Only after the 20th Congress did the media report that two firefighters died in Hunan.
But there was little mention of the scale of the forest fires and the damage they caused.
The live broadcast of a huge memorial rally held by the public was also cut short, and the news was deleted online.
On October 28th, a former mainland media professional revealed that the forest fire in Hunan started on October 17th,
enclosing almost half of a county, and lasted seven days and nights.
But due to the 20th Congress in session, the news was deleted from multiple platforms.
People who are familiar with the matter disclosed online that the fire covered more than one county, and many houses were burned down.
According to Zhao, the tragedy of the fire is not only covered up,
but also the news of the huge memorial service held by the public for the two firefighters who died fighting the fire is also controlled by the government.
The memorial service was live-streamed right after it started, and was inexplicably cut short afterward.
He said that this live memorial service was certainly organized with the permission of the government.
It was held in the morning, but the videos were all deleted at noon.
The video circulated on the internet shows that a large number of local people crowded the road.
Many people are holding large memorial banners, and the procession is huge.
From high above, the banners are seen everywhere, so is the crowd.
The road is lined with people holding flowers.
Zhao believes that there must have been other villagers in the area who were killed by the fire, which led to such a massive rally.
The rally was exceptionally large.
He said that there were three more firefighters fighting the fire who had passed away at Xingya Hospital.
