Chinese Factories, Flouting Labor Laws, Hire Children From Poor, Distant Villages

[pickel]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/wo...hp&oref=slogan

Residents say children as young as 12 have been recruited by child labor rings, equipped with fake identification cards, and transported hundreds of miles across the country to booming coastal cities, where they work 12-hour shifts to produce much of the world’s toys, clothes and electronics.

Guess they'll never get to see Chuckie Cheeze Sorry Bastards


A scandal involving Liangshan’s children first came to light late last month, when Southern Metropolis, a state-run newspaper, reported that as many as 1,000 school-age workers from the area were employed in manufacturing zones near Hong Kong.

The report was deeply embarrassing for Beijing, which is preparing to host the Olympics and coping with international criticism of its handling of riots in Tibet. Last week, the authorities in Liangshan said they had detained several people for recruiting children and illegally ferrying them off to factories.

Think they really give a schitt ?????? Hell No

[no1_vern]

So what?? As long as the prices are low enough, MOST PEOPLE will buy the lowest priceed product(China or wherever) instead of paying a higher price for products that ARENT MADE by slave labor.

IOW: if consumers didnt buy it, it wouldnt happen. The practice will happen as long as its profitable.

[voogru]

Wow, I expected better from China.























Not.