China censors Foxconn deaths scandal: report
p2pnet view P2P | Politics:- Chinese media are reporting the death toll at Apple iPad and iPhone maker Foxconn may now have reached 16.
“Some of the popular major websites (Link 1, Link 2, Link 3) have reported that the 14, 15 and even 16th jump have taken place”, says MIC Gadget Guide, stating, “The source came from Twitter and several forums in China”.
The pic on the right shows victim # 10.
The Gadget Guide story gave this timeline of deaths >>>
- May 14: Mr Liang, male, jumps from 7th floor of Fuhua dormitory and dies
- May 11: 24 year old female employee Ms. Zhu, jumps from the top of the eight-story residential building and dies
- May 6: 22 year old Lu Xin, male, jumps from Longhua site hotel balcony and dies
- April 7: 22 year old male employee dies in his residence in Zhangge village, Guanlan
- April 7: 18 year old female Ms. Ning jumps from Guanlan site employee dormitory and dies
- April 6: Ms. Rao falls from Guanlan site dormitory building and is still being hospitalized
- March 29: 23 year old male employee falls from Longhua site dormitory building and dies
- March 17: New female employee jumps from Longhua site dormitory building, suffering injuries
- March 11: Mr. Lee falls from 5th floor of Longhua site dormitory building and dies
- January 23: Mr. Ma Xiangqian, 19 years old, dies around 4am. Police autopsy report later determines he died from falling from a high-rise.
Now, “According to one of the Hong Kong English newspaper report, the Chinese Government and authorities request all press media in China to use the official news from Xinhua when they report Foxconn suicide case”, says MIC Gadget Guide, going on:
“All news website have to remove all special reports on Foxconn and major forums are requested to delete related posts, and no new post is allowed to go public. So at the moment, major press media in China are only allowed to republish the news from three sources, Xinhua News Agency which is owned by the Government, the Government Press Release and Foxconn’s own statement.”
The public “will think that the Chinese Government is helping Foxconn to cover up”, saysthe story, adding:
“The Chinese Government is expertise on internet censorship, but they can’t stop other international media to report the issue, especially news from Hong Kong and Taiwan. As more censorship is applied to Foxconn news, more rumors will just fly-off. We like to see the truth behind the Foxconn incident, not just turning the whole issue to political affairs.”
Says China state news agency Xinhua >>>
Foxconn makes computers, game consoles and mobile phones for companies including Apple, Nokia, Hewlett-Packard, and Sony.
Foxconn epitomizes China’s traditional export-driven development pattern: investment and cheap labor combining to produce low value-added products.
Processing trade accounts for 50 percent of China’s total trade volume, and it contributes much to the nation’s trade surplus. But it is at the low end of the world production chain.
Foxconn is the biggest manufacturer of Apple’s iPad.
The U.S. market research firm iSuppli has estimates the material cost of the low-end version of the iPad is around 260 U.S. dollars, far less than its retail price of 499 U.S. dollars.
The display panel, supplied by LG Display and the most expensive part of the iPad, is priced at 65 U.S. dollars while the device’s manufacturing cost is 9 U.S dollars, according to iSuppli.
Apple takes the lion’s share of the profits with design, while the company of the Republic of Korea makes a big profit with its patented technology. But the mainland-based companies manufacturing it make comparatively little.
Worse still, as these products are shipped from China to the United States, China cops the blame for America’s ballooning trade deficit.
Meanwhile, Foxconn says it’ll raise Foxconn workers’ salaries by 20%, according to MIC Gadget Guide.
Stay tuned.
MIC Gadget Guide – More Suicide Attempts From Foxconn ?, May 28, 2010
victim # 10 – Another death at Apple partner Foxconn, May 21, 2010
Gadget Guide – Suicide Jump Number 10 at Foxconn, May 21, 2010
MIC Gadget Guide – China Government Requests Censorship On Foxconn News, May 29, 2010
Xinhua – Suicides highlight need to adjust growth mode, , May 28, 2010
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May 29th, 2010 at 11:51 am
So now they are hiding the suicides?
Bet Apple wants that hidden.
May 29th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Isn’t it great when the gov’t and the corporations cooperate? That’s because the same caste is involved in both. So when a corporation has a problem, they just ring up their gov’t cronies for the solution.
This happens in EVERY country, which is why it is best to strictly limit gov’t power since they ALWAYS end up being the enforcement wing of major corporations. Just like the entertainment cartels in the land of the free and home of the brave can get draconian laws passed and judges to legislate from the bench (Grokster).
If you think Canada is any better, take note of the upcoming copyright bill and how the public consultation was COMPLETELY ignored in it’s making. By the people and for the people, RIGHT?
May 29th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Yeah, I would like to know what is going on there. To blame anyone right now in my view right now is quite foolish, seeing that we don’t know a lot right now. I would also like to know, as probably many others would, why are these people going to work for theese factories? Are they being forced to? What’s going on. Any ideas? I suspect not, but please someone prove me wrong.