| > iPhone made in China is no better than the cotton from Xinjiang. I think if you'll ask the suppressed people of Xinjiang, you'll find that they disagree. > It turns out that in spite of all values that Apple promotes, it actually cares about nothing but the profit How is Apple responsible for the Chinese Zero-COVID policy, and the actions of the Chinese police? Have you read Apple's extensive policies on Supply Chain standards and ethics?
https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/ > Apple has utilized the cheap labor at a level where can never be possible in the civilized world, I'll just post this here from https://www.semafor.com/article/11/30/2022/apples-chinese-dr...: > China is also no longer cheap. Wages have skyrocketed, with the average factory worker making $6 per hour on average in 2020, up from less than a dollar in 2006. The average wage of a Chinese factory worker will very soon surpass the U.S. federal minimum wage. For comparison, the average rate for a Mexican factory worker has stayed stagnant at $2 per hour. |
Are you suggesting that China's slaves would prefer that the global economy continuing exploiting them?
> How is Apple responsible for the Chinese Zero-COVID policy, and the actions of the Chinese police?
They are enriching the entity that designed the policies and directs the police.
> Have you read Apple's extensive policies on Supply Chain standards and ethics?
Yes. Have you read the extensive laws against murder? Does murder still happen?
> China is also no longer cheap. Wages have skyrocketed, with the average factory worker making $6 per hour on average in 2020, up from less than a dollar in 2006. The average wage of a Chinese factory worker will very soon surpass the U.S. federal minimum wage.
No, it won't. Chinese labor law is a joke. Nobody in these factories are actually working 44 hours.