Chinese Students Forced into Foxconn Internships

[eddieroolz]

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

 

[liquidchild]

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.

 

[drakenviator]

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...

 

[stingstang]

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...

 

[jazz84]

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

 

[lauxenburg]

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

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

 

[ordcestus]

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

 

[omnimodis78]

[citation][nom]liquidchild[/nom]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.[/citation]
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.

 

[f-14]

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!

 

[blarneypete]

[citation][nom]liquidchild[/nom]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.[/citation]
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.

 

[iqvl]

[citation][nom]kurahk7[/nom]That's why Chinese people never liked Taiwanese people; they're complete monsters.[/citation]
LMAO!

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

 

[vant]

[citation][nom]iqvl[/nom]LMAO!Why do most peoples in the world hate Chinese then? Get a life, Chinese![/citation]
I think you have it wrong. Most people in the world hate americans.

 

[bin1127]

It doesn't matter if it's the chinese exploiting chinese or foregin companies exploiting the chinese. It is a broader human rights issue of allowing the rich to will those in need of a living to do what they please. The same problem exists across the whole world and none of us are lifting a finger do help them in any meaningful way.

 

[liquidchild]

Gemme a break Pete I don't keep up to date with how many poor farmers live in China. Ok here fine....1 billion poor sods and 300 million living the "American" dream. BTW if your going to get all bitchy with the numbers we have a lot more then 300 million people in the US

 

[Silmarunya]

[citation][nom]bin1127[/nom]It doesn't matter if it's the chinese exploiting chinese or foregin companies exploiting the chinese. It is a broader human rights issue of allowing the rich to will those in need of a living to do what they please. The same problem exists across the whole world and none of us are lifting a finger do help them in any meaningful way.[/citation]

Yup. The west wants goods they can consume. Lots and lots of them, at an as low price as possible. It doesn't have to be durable, as it must be replaced as soon as something new and slightly redesigned comes around. It doesn't have to be produced with respect to the environment and workers, as long as it's cheap.

This is our pattern of consumption. We need to change it and all the excesses around the environment and abuse of workers will end.

In this story, there is one evil power. It's not Foxconn, it's not China. It's the consumers in the west that want cheap electronics. If we would pay just a little bit more, things would be so much better for our planet and the workers in low wage countries.

 

[killerclick]

[citation][nom]kurahk7[/nom]That's why Chinese people never liked Taiwanese people; they're complete monsters.[/citation]

They're the same people.

 

[Horhe]

[citation][nom]kurahk7[/nom]That's why Chinese people never liked Taiwanese people; they're complete monsters.[/citation]

Is this what Chinese propaganda tells you?

 

[nukemaster]

[citation][nom]vant[/nom]I think you have it wrong. Most people in the world hate americans.[/citation]
[citation][nom]iqvl[/nom]LMAO!Why do most peoples in the world hate Chinese then? Get a life, Chinese![/citation]
Canada?

 

[RipperjackAU]

More meat for the grinder! BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

[Silmarunya]

[citation][nom]liquidchild[/nom]Gemme a break Pete I don't keep up to date with how many poor farmers live in China. Ok here fine....1 billion poor sods and 300 million living the "American" dream. BTW if your going to get all bitchy with the numbers we have a lot more then 300 million people in the US[/citation]

300 million leaving the American dream? A few millions at best. China's middle class is extremely small...