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by seanmcdirmid 1161 days ago
> Foxconn ships poor people from rural areas to mega factories

They don't have to ship them, the poor people from rural areas come looking for better jobs in the mega factories. Nothing wrong with that.

> take their identity documents, and essentially holds them hostage.

This is a huge deal which many Chinese companies used to practice even just 10 years ago. I don't think it is very common now, the government did crack down on it, to stop making it a norm business practice.

That was 2014. Things aren't perfect now, but better than back then.