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I find all of this hand-wringing over working conditions to be the biggest pile of bunk that I have ever heard of. The only reason that China is manufacturing

by Duff 15y ago

I find all of this hand-wringing over working conditions to be the biggest pile of bunk that I have ever heard of. The only reason that China is manufacturing just about every consumer product out there is that sending work there allows you to exploit cheap labor, lax environmental regulation, and other regulation found in western countries. So now some westerners who "care" are waxing on about the poor iPhone workers. Why aren't the Chinese people making shoes, underwear, leather coats or other unpleasant jobs worthy of our pity?

lancewiggs 14y ago
This may have been the case in the past, but for Apple and increasingly across many industries China is offering genuine advantages beyond labour cost/conditions, and labour cost/conditions are increasingly approaching those in the west. It's like Japan all over again.