Reports are surfacing…that Apple manufacturer Foxconn [part of Hon Hai] has turned to two-month “internships” from nearby universities to compensate for a labor shortage ahead of the release of the next-generation iPhone. [Newspapers] noted…that hundreds of students are being driven to Foxconn’s factories…[A] student…wrote that the authorities had ordered the schools to send students to assist Foxconn but said that the factory neither informed parents nor signed agreements with students. Foxconn has provided…[a] statement about its internship program: …Participants in the internship program…are of legal working age in China…students are free to leave the internship program at any time…A recent audit…by the Fair Labor Association confirmed that there was no evidence to indicate that any of the interns were pressured to participate in…any internship program...