From: The New York Times ~ Chinese Readers on the ‘iEconomy’
The News York Times posted their scathing indictment against Apple and Foxconn in chinese and recently posted the comments in translation. This makes my comment of the week because it was exactly what I thought when I read the story.
No Duh! It’s China and they shoot people there for protesting. We just send people to Gitmo to disappear or kill them with drones and why not name all the companies doing this instead of just the two best run examples? Anyway far more interesting reading than the original hyped up article.
But then where is the sensationalism in that?
If not to buy Apple, what’s the substitute – Samsung? Don’t you know that Samsung’s products are from its OEM factory in Tianjin? Samsung workers’ income and benefits are even worse than those at Foxconn. If not to buy iPad – (do you think) I will buy Android Pad? Have you ever been to the OEM factories for Lenovo and ASUS? Quanta, Compaq … factories of other companies are all worse than those for Apple. Not to buy iPod – (do you think) I will buy Aigo, Meizu? Do you know that Aigo’s Shenzhen factory will not pay their workers until the 19th of the second month? If you were to quit, fine, I’m sorry, your salary will be withdrawn. Foxconn never dares to do such things. First, their profit margin is higher than peers as they manufacture for Apple. Second, at least those foreign devils will regularly audit factories. Domestic brands will never care if workers live or die. I am not speaking for Foxconn. I am just speaking as an insider of this industry, and telling you some disturbing truth.
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