CHINESE QUOTE OF THE MONTH – “On the outskirts of Chongqing, China, lie the student factories. Schools send thousands of teenagers here to put together electronic devices for some of the world’s largest brands. Many students say they have no choice. ‘I was suddenly told I had to spend the summer making computers or I couldn’t graduate,’ said a 16-year-old girl surnamed Xiao who is in a college preparatory program at a local vocational school. ‘I feel as though I’ve been tricked.’ Ms Xiao and her classmates have worked on the assembly line of a Hewlett-Packard Co. supplier called Auanta Computer Inc. for 12 hours a day, six days a week…” – The Wall Street Journal by Eva Dou
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:22:21 +0000
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