[StLCylone]

So should you since that device you are reading this on was most likely sourced there. Likely sourced by underpaid workers in virtual enslavement to Foxconn or some other component manufacturer. Not to mention living in a toxic environment so we can all have our electronic toys.

[Nutmog]

Do you have a reference for "virtual enslavement" to Foxconn? Last I heard, people were lining up to get jobs there and with enough working hours, the pay was higher than what a university graduate makes. If you call paying people so much they don't want to leave "enslavement" then perhaps that's right, but it also means it's not really bad.

[StLCylone]

http://www.cnet.com/news/riots-suicides-and-other-issues-in-...

[argonaut]

Foxconn employs nearly a million people. You are going to get quite a few suicides no matter what you do. Their suicide rate is below the China population average.

[icebraining]

Not just the Chinese average: during its worst year (2010), the rate was lower than in all 50 US states.

[lukedev]

Purpose built tech provided to the Chinese government used to assist tracking, detainment and torture of individuals.

[icebraining]

The working conditions are pretty poor, but people are still choosing them over unemployment, for obvious reasons. Forcing them into unemployment by refusing to buy their products may assuage our consciences, but it doesn't help them, and it's not how we in the developed world got our improvements in quality of life.

http://web.mit.edu/krugman/www/smokey.html