Wednesday, November 10, 2010

more

giru.

I have chosen to display a 4~7 photographs from my trip in China. 

I have already uploaded a # of photographs on my online flickr account, which is linked below.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/glimjo/

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The China story in recent years has been all about its booming economy. But the latest chapter in the superpower saga is focused on the darker side of its rise: low wages, poor working conditions and the inability of workers on the factory floor to protect their rights.The scrutiny follows a series of incidents, from strikes and demonstrations to a spate of suicides among workers at a plant run by Taiwanese-based Foxconn Technology Group, in Longhua, near Shenzhen, where about 300,000 are employed to make components for big selling products, including iPhones and iPods.

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