Riots, suicides, and other issues in Foxconn’s iPhone factories
Li Yue, a 21-year-old student, waits outside a recruiting kiosk outside a plant run by Foxconn in Zhengzhou, China. She eventually would get a job with the company, but in its Taiyuan plant, a ten-hour bus ride away.
(Credit: Photo illustration: James Martin/CNET)
ZHENGZHAO, Henan province, China–If you want to understand why iPhones are made in this corner of the world, look no further than Li Yue.
When I met the effervescent 21-year-old, she was lined up at a kiosk outside the gates of the massive assembly plant owned by Foxconn. Li, wearing a white T-shirt and blue jean shorts and…
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