You know you've landed in China when you see people holding signs for "FOXCONN" at international arrivals.

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You know you've landed in China when you see people holding signs for "FOXCONN" at international arrivals.

Out of 18 attempted suicides, only 1 person has survived so far. And now Foxconn's employees are supposed to sign no-suicide contract forms. 

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This makes me think of recent articles that blame our tech-centric society's obsession with mobile phone - as if us, the users, should not be such mobile phone addicts because it's creating problems like Foxconns. I find that to be an unacceptable explanation for the suicides. Companies, like Apple, need to be held accountable for working with compliant and humane producers. Users need to tell Apple that they want to keep buying Apple products and to feel good about doing it.

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