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Participants dressed as Foxconn workers take part in a protest against Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn, which manufactures Apple products in mainland China, outside an Apple retail outlet in Hong Kong on May 7, 2011.
Monday, Feb. 20, 2012

Open quoteWhen people read about bad Chinese factories ... they might have a moment of outrage. But then they go to Amazon and are as ruthless as ever about paying the lowest prices. Close quote

  • DAVID AUTOR,
  • MIT economist, saying Foxconn's decision to enact reforms is not enough to change the system
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