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Suicides at Foxconn reveal woes

By Hu Yinan | China Daily | Updated: 2010-05-26 07:51

Suicides at Foxconn reveal woes

Another young man jumped from a building at Foxconn on Tuesday. Hu Yinan tries to find out the reasons behind the string of tragedies at the Shenzhen base of the 'world factory'.

Hua Zhenying does not work for Foxconn Technology Group for fun. He does it for the money - and for the extra cash he makes helping desperate youngsters to "buy" a job with the Fortune 500 company.

All of his clients are among the poorest members of Chinese society. They are usually rural men aged 17 to 24, who have about three years of experience in manufacturing but no high school diploma. Very few have even finished middle school.

Suicides at Foxconn reveal woes

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