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Sounds like Amazon hired a firm in China to build Amazon products, and that firm did not comply with Chinese law. If Amazon knew about this and condoned it, then that's bad. However, if they didn't, but recently found out about it and are now pressuring the supplier to do what's proper, then that's good.
Since we really don't know which version happened based on the article, then it's premature to either bad mouth or praise Amazon.
It is probably true that most countries pay their workers less than the USA does (possible exceptions in Europe I imagine). Does that mean that the US should shun trade with all those countries until they pay at US levels? Wow, that would be a nightmare. Thinking practically rather than emotionally, those countries would never be able to pay at US levels, thus they would be shunned into eternity. Does that help their workers? I'm all for reasonable pay and working conditions, but does that mean "like we do it in the USA?" Are we being as big-hearted as we think we are if we shun them? It's not as simple a problem to solve as some would have you believe.
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