New York Times Goes Deeper on Chinese Apple Factory Working Conditions

Charles Duhigg and David Barboza, reporting for the New York Times:

“Apple never cared about anything other than increasing product quality and decreasing production cost,” said Li Mingqi, who until April worked in management at Foxconn Technology, one of Apple’s most important manufacturing partners. Mr. Li, who is suing Foxconn over his dismissal, helped manage the [...]

Explosion reported at Apple iPad 2 manufacturing plant

Foxconn’s Chengdu site in flames
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An explosion has damaged part of Foxconn’s Chegdu manufacturing plant in China, where a large quantity of Apple ipad 2s are manufactured. And, far more?disastrously?and importantly, news crews are reporting that there have been two people killed and [...]