Economics
China’s Silent Factories Fuel Workers’ Fears of Virus
- Government bans keep plants closed, hitting global supply
- Workers are stranded far from their jobs by transport closures
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Janey Zhang, the owner of an umbrella factory in China’s east coast city of Shangyu, spends her days watching the news for coronavirus updates and fielding calls from cash-strapped employees asking when they can go back to work.