@ dontpanic

Thanks for answering my question. I figured that it was pretty likely, but just curious if it actually was the case.


@A.Priori

Interesting. But as for Apple subsidizing individual Foxconn employees... I guess that I'm of two minds. On the one hand, it is a nice gesture (even if their motives are not altruistic; they just see it as cost-effective PR). On the other hand, if conditions are as bad as some claim (it's hard to separate fact from hyperbole), then maybe it's not the place of Western companies help patch things together... rather allow poor work conditions spur political pressure on the Chinese government to actually enforce the laws to protect workers. Although China is far from a democratic state, the threat of popular backlash does constrain their political aparatus to some degree.

But this probably is not the place for a lengthy discussion on Chinese politics...