Imagine this scenario: prior to 2010, a company witnessed three strange deaths and two suicides. Then, when 2010 rolled over, said company played host to twelve suicide attempts on its Longhua campus, ten of which actually resulted in death. Now imagine someone forcing you to work for said company. Even more importantly, imagine that you're still just a 17-year-old student.
Reports from overseas are indicating that up to 100,000 vocational students in the central Chinese province of Henan have been ordered to pack their bags and serve a three-month internship with Foxconn's Shenzhen branch. The students were given the orders on June 17, and were told to be ready to leave nine days later. Students were to comply, or to drop out of school.
Supposedly this forced internship is part of a larger effort by the Chinese government to bring industrial manufacturing to Henan, a rather undeveloped region. Foxconn's plan is to set up shop in Henan and employ somewhere close to 300,000 local residents. Based on the reports, the 100,000 students will come back to Henan and help kick-start that particular branch.
In addition to the students, the provincial government has ordered each town to give up 100 additional 18-to-45-year-old locals for the new Foxconn branch.
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.
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.
That's why Chinese people never liked Taiwanese people; they're complete monsters.
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.
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.
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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.