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<France 24 #109> China: protests and clashes in the largest iPhone factory in the world - le 23 novembre 2022

   Today's article is about the protets by the employees of Foxconn over Covid from France 24 dated November 23, 2022.

 

French Original

Chine : manifestations et heurts dans la plus grande usine d'iPhone du monde


Des centaines d'employés ont manifesté leur colère mercredi en Chine contre leurs conditions de vie et de travail dans la plus grande usine d'iPhone au monde – propriété du sous-traitant taïwanais Foxconn –, soumise à de fortes restrictions anti-Covid.

 

English Translation

China: protests and clashes in the largest iPhone factory in the world


Hundreds of employees expressed their anger on Wednesday in China against their living and working conditions in the largest iPhone factory in the world - owned by Taiwanese subcontractor Foxconn - which is subject to strong anti-Covid restrictions.

 

Words & Phrases

<C>

(des) centaines: hundreds of

colère: anger

<E>

et: and

<F>

fortes > fort: strong

<G>

grande > grand: big, large, tall

<H>

heurt: collision

heurts: clashes

<L>

la plus > le plus: the most

<M>

manifestation: expression, demonstration

mercredi: Wednesday

monde: world

<O>

ont manifesté: have expressed

<P>

propriété: ownership, property

<S>

soumise > soumettre: submit

<T>

taïwanais: Taiwanese

traitant: treatment

<U>

usine: factory

<V>

vie: living