China: Showing the strain
China: A spate of suicides among workers at the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer is fuelling debate internally and abroad over conditions behind the country’s rapid growth
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Terry Gou, founder and chairman of Hon Hai, the Taiwanese parent company of Foxconn has moved to allay concerns after a series of apparent suicides at the manufacturer’s main plant in the southern China city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province
Foxconn to shift some of Apple assembly
The electronics contract manufacturer is making the move to contain costs amid a greater willingness from the US company to work with factories away from its long-time Chinese hub
Foxconn to raise salaries 20% after suicides
The world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer is planning to raise wages for its workers by about 20 per cent following several suicides at its southern China plant
Apple and Dell investigate Foxconn plant
Customers of the Taiwanese technology manufacturer evaluate working conditions at factory in southern China after raft of suicides
Chief acts as death toll rises at Foxconn
Terry Gou, founder and chairman of Hon Hai, the Taiwanese parent company of Foxconn, rushes to Shenzhen, in an attempt to deal with the crisis from a continuing string of suicides among workers
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