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Apple's rotten core: students work at Foxconn or flunk
More horrors out now from the Chinese serf-labor system involved in creating Apple products like iPads, iPhones and Kindles.
iSlaves: Forced Labor Key to Apple Profits
More horrors out now from the Chinese serf-labor system involved in creating Apple products like iPads, iPhones and Kindles.
Component players see different worker return rates after Lunar New Year
Foxconn Electronics's plants in Shenzhen, Chongqing and Zhengzhou, China have all reportedly seen over 90% of their employees return to work after the Lunar New Year and the high return rate is believed to have been triggered by improvements in salary and welfare as well as local governments' policy guidance, according to sources from upstream ... (more)
iPhone 5: Production Pending as Chinese Line Up for Jobs
Electronics manufacturer Foxconn might hire as many as 100,000 more employees at a plant in Zhengzhou, China, to accommodate demand for the next version of Apple's iconic iPhone.
Workers follow manufacturers moving inland
As some manufacturers pull out of China's increasingly costly coastal regions and move to the hinterlands, many workers in traditional manufacturing hubs have decided to stay in their home provinces -- a decision that is sparking a real movement of laborers inland.
Foxconn 'working conditions' row fails to deter prospective workers
Despite the bad press around Foxconn's factories in China, thousands continue to line up for jobs at the factory in Zhengzhou.
Shaolin temple told to clean up its image
An investigation of the five-star tourist spot found piles of garbage, disorderly service and traffic paralyzed by roadside venders and dealers, according to a report by tourism authorities.
Morning markets: US data, eurozone debt weaken crop prices
For the first time this year, crops started the week on the back foot - even New York raw sugar , on its first outing with an earlier start.
Rail new hope for Shenzhen shipping
It may have got rich serving the "factory floor of the world" in the Pearl River Delta, but the giant Shenzhen port is having to move with the times.
China welcomes Year of the Dragon
Beijing, Jan 23 : China Monday welcomed its Lunar New Year or the Year of the Dragon with celebrations across the country.
Train powered off in fog-shrouded central China city, blocking railway traffic
A Hindu woman held an oil lamp as she offered prayers to the sun god at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers during the Makar Sankranti festival in India Saturday.