Unbelievable: Buying iPhone 7 in China could get you sacked from your job

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Some Chinese workers are being threatening if they own an iPhone 7.

These are the measures which a small number of Chinese employers are threatening to take against workers tempted by the iPhone 7.

It might not be immediately obvious why a mobile phone would arouse such animosity this isn't a protest against the lack of a traditional headphone jack socket.

In most cases those issuing the anti-iPhone edicts to their staff are claiming they are doing it for patriotic reasons.

Nanyang Yongkang, a Medicine firm in Henan province of China, has issued a notice to its workers informing them not to buy the iPhone 7 or Iphone 7 Plus. "If you break this rule, then just come to the office straight way to hand in your resignation," the notice read.

The policy was timed to coincide with commemoration of the 85th anniversary of Japanese troops invading north east China in 1931. "September 18th is a historical day. Don't forget the national humiliation and let's boycott foreign products," the company notice read.

The notice was widely shared on Chinese social media where hashtags such as "Staff buying iPhone7 get fired" have trended on Weibo.

Some Weibo users have pointed out that boycotting the iPhone7 might actually be counter productive to the national economic interest, as Apple manufacturing is carried out at 'Foxconn' factories based in China.

One user called Bibibidou commented: ""This could cause the Foxconn company to collapse and thousands of people would be unemployed. That's not even mentioning the losses it could cause to domestic parts suppliers."