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Nico Beckert

Das Tesla-Werk in Shanghai.
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Life inside the factory – the Covid hardship of workers

China's zero-Covid policy brings tough restrictions for companies. But they also benefit from measures that would be unimaginable in the West: Workers are isolated from the outside world. They stay overnight and live in or directly at the factories so that they do not catch Covid-19 during their commute or at home. First protests are mounting against this practice.

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Das Tesla-Werk in Shanghai.
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Leben in der Fabrik – das harte Covid-Los der Arbeiter

Chinas Null-Covid-Politik bedeutet harte Einschränkungen für Unternehmen. Doch gleichzeitig profitieren sie von Maßnahmen, die in Deutschland unvorstellbar wären: Arbeiter werden von der Außenwelt isoliert. Sie übernachten und leben in oder direkt an den Fabriken, damit sie sich nicht auf dem Weg oder zu Hause mit Covid-19 anstecken. Bei Tesla in Shanghai sollen sich zwei Schichten sogar die Betten teilen. Es gibt erste Proteste gegen diese Maßnahmen.

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220511 -- DATONG, May 11, 2022 -- Workers maintain the Datong section of the Datong-Qinhuangdao railway in north China s Shanxi Province, May 10, 2022. An overhaul for the Datong-Qinhuangdao railway has been recently carried out on a daily basis to secure safe and smooth rail operations. The 653-km Datong-Qinhuangdao railway, which links the city of Datong in coal-rich Shanxi Province with the port city of Qinhuangdao of north China s Hebei Province, is an artery of China s coal transportation. During the overhaul time, the railway stops its service three hours a day so that construction workers are able to alter damaged rails, clean rail beds and clear silt. The maintenance work lasts for 20 days.  CHINA-SHANXI-DATONG-QINHUAN PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN
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