Chinese Students Forced into Foxconn Internships

Oh, their really crossing that line now.

Boycott FOXCONN! This storyline just keeps getting worse. Have they not heard of PR? Is Foxconn ran by the Chinese Republic?

I'd be glad to do so, however Foxconn makes just too much stuff. For example, CPU sockets, Eithernet ports,etc are built by Foxconn.

So did they know this was the plan before they went to school? If not, this is forced labour, and a hefty tariff is in order for Foxconn products to discourage this practice.

Would be nice though. But yeah I know they are everywhere. Just venting.

Ran in China, owned by a citizen of Republic of China (AKA Taiwanese). Taiwanese business owners in China have a reputation of being the most cruel/tightass bosses than you can possibly work for. Sadly, there is a ring of truth to this stereotype as seen here in the case of foxconn

I think all the companies that use Foxconn products should slowly boycott them.

ok..I'm not usually a very political guy and if i do weigh in im branded a socialist but have to say this is the exact reason why communism will never work. China will fall just like the USSR did.

That's why Chinese people never liked Taiwanese people; they're complete monsters.

I think that China is much more the problem than Foxconn; Foxconn is just the most visible current example, and not a lot is visible in China

It could have just said "Internship required", thus making it not forced labour. They didn't have to specify WHERE the internship would be, and internships are normal, so it wouldn't be totally out of place.

But hey, jobs for 300,000 people. I bet a good deal of them will be grateful... At first.

The Chinese now will live with it, when their children get into their teens though, enough will be enough and Blood will flow.

bring out your sacrifices the computer gods demand BLOOD!!

I wonder of the 100,000 will come back from their internship... or how many will be smart/ courageous enough to revolt!

i love the -1 comrade. Who could possibly have a problem with what i said?

To article:
So this story really isn't Foxconn's fault other than accepting labor, huh? You might want to blame the government on this one, since it seems to be totally cool by Chinese politicians to increase business in a rural area by enslaving the local youth. Foxconn isn't making the Chinese government enslave people. They don't have armed soldiers to send to collect the "new workers". If these people don't want to be treated like slaves, they might want to look into some better leaders.

To comments:
If the Chinese don't like Taiwanese, you could always not incorporate yourselves with them. You could probably let those pesky Tibetans free too, always on fire and generally disagreeable as they are.

Then so too will america since China holds most of Americas Debts. Unfortunately the opposite is more likely to happen and is evident in Chinas growth, China through "Communism" doesn't have the welfare or equality attitude that Western countries have. Ultimately it can do what ever it wants to exploit people to help their economy grow. BTW the EU is very communist in its ideals and approach to things.

what the hell. I wonder why google still want to renew their license with china. this is sucks. http://english.cntv.cn/program/chi [...] 0661.shtml

saying china holds most of US debt is a over simplification. China is using the same tactics that the american south used to fuel the growth. Slaves revolt, and when they do China will be back to where it was a few decades ago, pushing dirt around with a stick. I bet you anything that China will end much like the USSR did its already started they have a dual country on there hands 700 mill are poor sods while 300 mill live like its 1987 in New York. Its only a matter of time tell the 700 mill want levis too.

This reminds me of China in the 1960's - I guess we're seeing a return to that now.

BTW feeddagoat, why is communism in ""? I'm not some nut who throws the word around like a baseball....CHINA IS A COMMUNIST NATION. You can bank on that.

China is not a pure Communist country anymore, they are a mix. They do allow outside/private companies to compete, and not just state owned everything. As such they are technically a Socialist State. However China still maintains their Iron grip on information and their people so despite being Socialist in the strictest sense, China acts like a Communist Dictatorship.

I know splitting hairs...

I was actually starting to get a little worried about China's growth until now. I'm glad to see that their tactics are so inhumane and brutal to ever work in the long run. By the way, I'm not glad that there are so many children forced to labor. I know I'd get hit for that if I didn't specify...

You know who's probably never gonna see this thread?
China.
Just sayin...

Chinese what? I thought it was a dictatorship...=P

isn't communism great? lets have it here...

I am not pro-communist (thought I lived in a communist state for 9 years in Eastern Europe), but you better hope that the CPP doesn't collapse in your life time. China can only be ruled by an autocracy - it would not be possible for all the 56 ethnic groups in China to maintain a unified China for long. Yes, Beijing rules with an iron fist, but at least it rules, and probably better than an Emperor would. So...don't paint all communist nations with the same brush - the USSR was doomed, whereas the CCP learned from the mistakes of the past. As for the story - screw FOXCONN and the CPP for forced labour. Disgusting.

a mao-ism " all in china will bend to the will of the government, if they do not they shall be made to regret it" and that is why mao makes hitler and stalin look like children in a sand box with a magnifying glass and a jar full of ants. just sayin. the dude wiped out an entire major political party during WW2..can you imagine if all the democrates or republicans were wiped out in america from 1941-1945? that's just the one major opposing politcal party. it makes me wonder just how many chinese were killed since then for opposing communism 500 million or so?
when your told to do something as a chinaman, you either do it or you don't live to regret it.
for those of you who don't like it, stop buying chinese. your wasting your time trying to turn china into america with media outrage and americans already decided a long time ago we weren't going to wage a military war on china to change their ways. all this hippy love liberal sentiment gets you is another communist nation like what happened with vietnam. stop complaining about china. this is not china, we don't care enough, it's not happening to us.
save your breath for turning everyone into apple fanboys..it's much easier then trying to beat communism with fake tears and sniffiling!

WTF happened to the other 300 million people in China? Did they all commit suicide at Foxconn too?

China population = 1.3 billion. That's as many as you said there are, plus another entire USA's worth of people.

LMAO!

Why do most peoples in the world hate Chinese then? Get a life, Chinese!

I think you have it wrong. Most people in the world hate americans.