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If Foxconn is going to follow the campus model, which is likely because Apple manufacturing cities draws labour from across country, that means building infra t
by dirtyid 4y ago
If Foxconn is going to follow the campus model, which is likely because Apple manufacturing cities draws labour from across country, that means building infra to house 2x-3x more workers, especially during surge production for new launches. Reality is it's a low margin business and Taiwanese companies have decades learning to squeeze blood from stone, hence their reputation of being slave drivers across Asia for a reason. Of course your system is good for India, but these companies are only in India because it's good for them.
- geodel 4y agoAgree on all points. I feel in larger picture it is not just that China is geopolitical risk out of nowhere. The demographics of China is changing and they themselves do not want 12 hour slave labor type of jobs as much as they would in last few decades. With India's still growing population and unimaginative political class the only model to follow is Chinese model of past. And these Foxconn factories are example of that.