The New York Times has published an in-depth article entitled ?How China Built iPhone City With Billions in Perks for Apple?s Partners?, revealing a treasure chest of public benefits for the world?s biggest iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, China. In a city of six million inhabitants in an impoverished region of China, the local government has contributed $1.5 billion to Foxconn, Apple?s supplier of iPhones. The money is used, in part, to improve local infrastructure, reduce Foxconn's export costs, and build housing for the factory?s 350,000-strong workforce (five times the number of people employed directly by Apple in the United States).

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The New York Times has published an in-depth article entitled ?How China Built iPhone City With Billions in Perks for Apple?s Partners?, revealing a treasure chest of public benefits for the world?s biggest iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, China. In a city of six million inhabitants in an impoverished region of China, the local government has contributed $1.5 billion to Foxconn, Apple?s supplier of iPhones. The money is used, in part, to improve local infrastructure, reduce Foxconn's export costs, and build housing for the factory?s 350,000-strong workforce (five times the number of people employed directly by Apple in the United States).

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