Apple is looking to bump up manufacturing outside China, the Wall Street Journal reviews, echoing related pre-pandemic headlines . This time the tech large is apparently urging its manufacturing companions to contemplate shifting some manufacturing outside of China due to frustrations with the nation’s strict covid-19 protocols, which have led to prolonged lockdowns of hundreds of millions of people and journey restrictions. Apple has lengthy relied on China for the overwhelming majority—greater than 90%, writes the Journal— of its manufacturing. A small share of its merchandise are produced in India and Vietnam. Now the Journal’s sources, recognized solely as folks…