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Another iPad Factory Employee Commits Suicide in China

(Nov. 5) -- Chinese electronics manufacturer Foxconn hit a grim milestone today: its 14th worker suicide of the year, according to Agence France-Presse. A 23-year-old man apparently jumped to his death from a building on the company's Guanlan campus in Shenzhen, Bloomberg reports. He was the 11th employee this year to...

Chinese Workers Ramp Up Demand for Better Wages

(Aug.15) -- China's image as a place where workers will meekly put up with long hours, low pay and lousy working conditions might need updating. And as that changes, so too might the legendary low price of Chinese products. In the latest in a series of developments indicating a shifting balance between labor and Chinese...