China’s factories struggle without key import: foreign talent

TOKYO — Even after China’s internal lockdowns are lifted, some makers of electronic parts remain cut off from a vital resource for expanding production: international talent. Engineers from Japan, the U.S. and other countries play a crucial part in installing new factory equipment, but travel restrictions have complicated the trip to their Chinese clients. Such delays matter for the assembly of consumer electronics in China and beyond given the country’s outsize role in supply chains for such devices as Apple’s iPhones and Nikon cameras.