In this Thursday, March 5, 2020, photo, workers attend to shoppers at an Apple store in Beijing. Factories in China, struggling to reopen after the coronavirus shut down the economy, face a new threat from U.S. anti-disease controls that might disrupt the flow of microchips and other components they need. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
March 18, 2020
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March 18, 2020 8:05 p.m.
Chinese factories face new threat: US anti-virus controls
BEIJING (AP) — Factories in China, struggling to reopen after the coronavirus shut down the economy, face a new threat from U.S. anti-disease controls that might disrupt the flow of microchips and other components they need.