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Does automation kill jobs in China?

• badsock 10y ago
  Yes. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36376966 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36376966
  • Animats 10y ago
    That's Foxconn, and they're just getting started with replacing workers. Foxconn has 1.3 million employees. Hon Hai CEO Terry Gou: "Hon Hai has a workforce of over one million worldwide and as human beings are also animals, to manage one million animals gives me a headache." He means it. He brought in the director of the Tapei Zoo for advice on how to manage animals with different temperaments.
• tonyedgecombe 10y ago
  Countries where manufacturing makes up a big proportion of their economy are likely to suffer most because manufacturing is the low hanging fruit for automation.