The Chinese government desperately needs to create jobs, and the only way to create large amounts of jobs fit for unskilled labor is industrial scale manufactur

The Chinese government desperately needs to create jobs, and the only way to create large amounts of jobs fit for unskilled labor is industrial scale manufacturing and building infrastructure. But there is a problem. Manufacturing in the developed world has become largely mechanized and thus ever cheaper over the past decades. That means that in order to be competitive on the world market the Chinese worker needs compete with machines. The reason this is possible at all is the (still) low standard of living prevalent in China at the moment that allows for a low labor cost. Rest assured that companies like Foxconn would like nothing better than to automate most jobs, and they would do it in an instant weren't it for the Chinese government. But there's a catch. As the people become wealthier they also gain more power and influence and will demand their rights (as they are slowly doing now) at which point the number of people employed in the industry will start to decline sharply as they will become less and less profitable. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? So,if you wan't to better working conditions and consequently more unemployment in China you can do so by buying their stuff, boycotting their products will just make them worse off and jobless.