Apple suppliers caught up in Chengdu COVID lockdown extension

Mass testing in iPad and MacBook production hub to begin on Friday

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Chengdu, a key production hub for Apple's iPads and MacBooks, has come under strict COVID measures. © EPA/Jiji

CHENG TING-FANG, CISSY ZHOU and SHUNSUKE TABETA, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI/HONG KONG/CHONGQING, China -- The Chinese city of Chengdu, a production hub for Apple's iPads and MacBooks, has extended its COVID-19 lockdown measures indefinitely, threatening to bring fresh disruptions to the global supply chain.

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