Foxconn Suicides

The current concern over working conditions at Hon Hai/Foxconn's giant assembly plant in Shenzhen, China, is overshadowing the global launch of the iPad, which is made there. We've run and recommended articles on working conditions at this plant for over a year, and tried to draw attention to the rather blinkered vision that Apple devotees seem to have when it comes to the wider issues of basic rights, working conditions, trade imbalances and unfair trading practices, including undervaluing the Yuan by up to 40%. You can read a variety of UK national newspaper coverage on these issues here:
 

Concern Over Human Cost Of iPad in the Independent

Why Foxconn Can't Stop Its Suicides in the Telegraph

Tenth Suspected Suicide In A Year in the Daily Mail