{"id":73762,"date":"2010-05-20T21:45:27","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T04:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=73762"},"modified":"2010-05-20T21:49:11","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T04:49:11","slug":"the-fate-of-a-generation-of-workers-foxconn-undercover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/05\/the-fate-of-a-generation-of-workers-foxconn-undercover\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fate of a Generation of Workers: Foxconn Undercover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTOE64K02W20100521\"> another Foxconn worker fell to his death<\/a>, making him the eighth death of a Foxconn worker this year. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foxconn\">Foxconn<\/a>, otherwise known as Hon Hai, is one of the world&#8217;s largest manufacturers of computers and other consumer electronics, producing products for Apple, Dell, Intel, Motorola, and many others. The company has been in the news recently because of a <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/05\/latest-foxconn-suicide-raises-concern-over-factory-life-in-china\/\">string of suicides <\/a>by its workers. Now, a foreign journalist has gone undercover in one of the Foxconn plants to investigate working conditions. His report was published in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/05\/19\/undercover-chinese-reporter-exposes-foxconn-working-conditions\/\">Southern Weekend<\/a>, and has been<a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/05\/19\/the-fate-of-a-generation-of-workers-foxconn-undercover-fully-tr\/\"><strong> translated by engadget<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nAfter going undercover in Foxconn for 28 days, I came back out. I&#8217;ve been trying to tie the two pictures together. But it&#8217;s very difficult. Even with people living in these two places sharing the same age, the same youth dream.<\/p>\n<p>My undercover was part of Southern Weekend&#8217;s investigation on the then six Foxconn suicides. We soon found out that most of Southern Weekend&#8217;s reporters were rejected due to age &#8212; Foxconn only recruits people around the age of 20. In comparison, being just under 23 years old, I was quickly brought into Foxconn.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-day undercover work made a strong impact on me. It wasn&#8217;t about finding out what they died for, but rather to learn how they lived. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, videos have come to light showing Foxconn security guards apparently beating workers at a Beijing plant. The Beijing TV report can be viewed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tudou.com\/programs\/view\/G9P7WDdtLS8\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/shanghaiist.com\/2010\/05\/20\/foxconn-security-guards-beating.php\">via Shanghaiist<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, another Foxconn worker fell to his death, making him the eighth death of a Foxconn worker this year. Foxconn, otherwise known as Hon Hai, is one of the world&#8217;s largest manufacturers of computers and other consumer electronics, producing products for Apple, Dell, Intel, Motorola, and many others. 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