The Foxconn Reality: "Better" Is Still Bad [Foxconn]
22/02/2012 |
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Week after week we hear Foxconn horror stories, but Apple's gadget metropolis is just one place inside an enormous country. Detractors say it's inhumane; defenders say it's way above the norm. But what does "bad" really mean inside a Chinese factory? Let's put Foxconn in context.More »...
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A behind-the-scenes look at how an Apple iPad is made
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Mike Daisey's "The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" is funny, forceful agitprop
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