Four employees of Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest iPhone assembler, have been detained in China under “quite strange” circumstances, Taiwan’s government said.

Four Taiwanese employees at Chinese facilities that make products for Apple have been detained by local authorities.

Apple has had a challenging year for iPhone sales in China, but a new facility opening in Shenzhen aims to bolster the company’s position.

Taiwan’s government said that they had been accused of a breach of trust, but that their employer, Foxconn, had denied the company suffered any losses.

Chinese police have taken into custody four Taiwanese employees at Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Apple Inc.’s main assembly partner, the latest in a spate of detentions that have rattled investor confidence in the country.

Chinese police have detained four workers of the Taiwanese iPhone maker, Foxconn, in circumstances Taipei has described as "strange". The employees were arrested in Zhengzhou in Henan province on "breach of trust" charges,

Chinese authorities are investigating four Taiwanese employees at Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Apple Inc.’s main assembly partner, for suspected criminal activities including bribery, according to Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office.

China thing? Perhaps.

Chinese police have detained four Foxconn workers in circumstances Taipei has described as "strange."

Police in Zhengzhou city have detained four Foxconn staff on charges of breach of trust, according Taiwanese officials Chinese police have taken into custody four Taiwanese employees at Hon Hai Precision Industry,