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Article

1 Jul 2011

Author:
Business and Human Rights Documentation Project (B-HRD)

High Tech, Low Pay [China]

China’s electronics industry exports approximately US $232 billion worth of electronics a year, supplying brand-name companies...Many of the 7.7 million people manufacturing these hi-tech products receive low pay and are unable to achieve an adequate standard of living. They work in dangerous conditions, for long hours and with restrictions on personal freedoms. [Sections include: "Business Impacts on Human Rights" - which includes links to responses/statements by Apple, Foxconn (part of Hon Hai), Fujitsu, Microsoft, Wintek, GE; "Demanding Justice"; "Human Rights Defenders". Also refers to Lenovo, Excelsior, Compaq (part of HP), Pearl River Delta, Dell, Sony]