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Strange Odour in Suzhou May Choke MacBook Supply (Updated)

Suzhou authorities have ordered a partial factory closure following complaints from local residents, offering some faint hope of a broader new responsiveness to citizens’ environmental concerns. The plant belongs to one of two major suppliers—Foxconn being the other—of the unibody metal chassis found across Apple’s current range of laptops. From The Wall Street Journal:Catcher