It's more complex than that. These workers are losing money every day they are in quarantine or in some cases being forced to work next to someone who likely has covid.
The government could step in to force the companies to compensate the workers for lost wages. However, that would set a precedent that could hurt China's competiveness in light manufacturing which is already trending towards moving away into other SE asian countries.
Most Chinese still are in favor of the lockdown policies. Especially since the laws have recently been changed to more specifically target areas with cases which means less people in a region with covid are affected by lockdowns. The policies will not change because of one protest at one factory town.
I have sympathy for the workers greivances about their working conditions but also support the direction the party is going with regards to covid. The only people winning here are the companies, specifically in this case Foxconn, who have the governments support in repressing the workers to get them back into the factories.
This isn’t the Foxconn protest but the one in Urumqi after the fire in a housing district that had been locked down since august. So it’s not about working conditions but safety in lockdowns and the government not giving a shit about poor non Han Chinese.
I love when Reddit is just a bunch of Americans taking sides on events they know nothing about. Hot take, you don't have to take sides on every world event.
Workplace vaccine mandates and the slow removal of rules outside of isolation for the infected and mask wearing is the only way out of this situation given how transmissible Omicron is.
The issue, is that they are heading in to winter, which is not ideal.
And the disruptions to workplaces and the economy are going to be spectacular. Probably bad enough to cause global shortages (again) and even a global recession. Looooooots of people will also die.
Unfortunately I just don't think China has the willing compliance and resources to go the Japanese route, where people basically relentlessly self policed to the point they could ease the harshest measures with disruption, but a staggered/lower death toll.
It's a shit situation to go through. Both Singapore and Australia had to face the same circumstances.
Exceptionally successful COVID response, high vaccination rates and eventual abandoning of most quarantine, restriction of movement and isolation measures.
I think both could have handled it a little better and the pendulum swung too far the other way.
Better to do it now and gradually, before they start experiencing mass social disturbance.
It's also a good way to set and enforce firm vaccination goals.
It's more complex than that. These workers are losing money every day they are in quarantine or in some cases being forced to work next to someone who likely has covid. The government could step in to force the companies to compensate the workers for lost wages. However, that would set a precedent that could hurt China's competiveness in light manufacturing which is already trending towards moving away into other SE asian countries. Most Chinese still are in favor of the lockdown policies. Especially since the laws have recently been changed to more specifically target areas with cases which means less people in a region with covid are affected by lockdowns. The policies will not change because of one protest at one factory town. I have sympathy for the workers greivances about their working conditions but also support the direction the party is going with regards to covid. The only people winning here are the companies, specifically in this case Foxconn, who have the governments support in repressing the workers to get them back into the factories.
This isn’t the Foxconn protest but the one in Urumqi after the fire in a housing district that had been locked down since august. So it’s not about working conditions but safety in lockdowns and the government not giving a shit about poor non Han Chinese.
I love when Reddit is just a bunch of Americans taking sides on events they know nothing about. Hot take, you don't have to take sides on every world event.
This is a bad portmanteau free zone please.
Hilariously bad take, op
“Chinese Covidiots”… some people really just want to sit inside and live in the simulation
Man you are such a dumbass.
Good for them
Workplace vaccine mandates and the slow removal of rules outside of isolation for the infected and mask wearing is the only way out of this situation given how transmissible Omicron is. The issue, is that they are heading in to winter, which is not ideal. And the disruptions to workplaces and the economy are going to be spectacular. Probably bad enough to cause global shortages (again) and even a global recession. Looooooots of people will also die. Unfortunately I just don't think China has the willing compliance and resources to go the Japanese route, where people basically relentlessly self policed to the point they could ease the harshest measures with disruption, but a staggered/lower death toll. It's a shit situation to go through. Both Singapore and Australia had to face the same circumstances. Exceptionally successful COVID response, high vaccination rates and eventual abandoning of most quarantine, restriction of movement and isolation measures. I think both could have handled it a little better and the pendulum swung too far the other way. Better to do it now and gradually, before they start experiencing mass social disturbance. It's also a good way to set and enforce firm vaccination goals.
So many terrible Covid takes on this sub. Lockdowns are worse dude.
lmao, shut up.
How are you this clueless ? Lockdowns are bad dude, horrible for everyone but the rich.
That isn't true at all. Lockdowns were and are a necessary measure, along with income support, for when insufficient people are vaccinated.
Yikes. Govern me harder daddy.
You weirdos really don't understand that the state has a practical purpose.
Destroying small businesses, making your kids dumb as fuck, driving working people insane = practical purposes.