Apple is no stranger to smartphone problems. Customer complaints range from a frozen screen to a quick battery drain, poor wi-fi connectivity, and overheating, while analysts have long obsessed about “peak iPhone”. 

Yet, it is no exaggeration to say that the crisis currently unfolding at a vital iPhone assembly plant in Zhengzhou, China, is likely to have huge ramifications not just for the American tech giant but the future of global trade, and ultimately the West’s attempts to tame inflation.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/11/08/chinas-anti-western-turn-means-inflation-stay/