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Title: Apple asked to intercede in China
Post by: krissel on August 30, 2006, 02:52:20 AM
Regarding the iPod factory and Chinese journalists who reported the story...

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060830/china_apple...puter.html?.v=3
Title: Apple asked to intercede in China
Post by: gunug on August 30, 2006, 04:02:45 AM
Great, I thought about slipping this story into TS (at least I don't think I did) but thought it was kind of old news that workers in China "might" not be treated fairly and that the people with ties to Apple (stock and such) would probably have already heard about it.  This is probably a much bigger story than just iPods because Foxconn components are in practically every computer I ever work on.

I guess I didn't know that you did this sort of thing.  Good luck with it!
Title: Apple asked to intercede in China
Post by: krissel on August 30, 2006, 04:39:01 AM
QUOTE(gunug @ Aug 30 2006, 05:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I guess I didn't know that you did this sort of thing.  Good luck with it!



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The 'new' part of this is that the Chinese are placing sanctions on the reporters for exposing the story. The company that produces the iPods is suing the journalists for defamation. It's Apple's chance to stand up for freedom of speech. Google and Microsoft have danced around these kinds of issues recently. Let's see what Apple does.
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Title: Apple asked to intercede in China
Post by: gunug on August 30, 2006, 08:12:45 AM
doh.gif I thought, at 4am or so this morning that you were saying that "you" were asked to intercede in China!  I had gotten up to take a antihistimine and should never have responded to "any" posting.
Title: Apple asked to intercede in China
Post by: krissel on August 30, 2006, 10:32:28 PM
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Title: Apple asked to intercede in China
Post by: gunug on August 31, 2006, 09:37:30 AM
Krissel - Or, maybe you just seem more powerful at 4am!   smile.gif
Title: Apple asked to intercede in China
Post by: krissel on September 01, 2006, 03:19:17 AM
QUOTE(gunug @ Aug 31 2006, 10:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Krissel - Or, maybe you just seem more powerful at 4am!   smile.gif


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Probably because everyone else is  sleep1.gif

Here are some follow-up stories about the iPod manufacturer and the Chines gov.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinves...mp;alias=/ht/nw

http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybri...News&rpc=44