Spoiled to death? Unlikely

Exploited workers are right to expect better treatment

A pair of articles in Friday's China Daily quotes two Beijingers about the lives of factory workers in the light of the suicides at Foxconn in Shenzhen.

One person, a young woman working at the company's Beijing facility in Daxing district, said she was satisfied with the job and thought the compensation was reasonable. She works 10-hour days for a salary that is said to top out at 1,700 yuan ($250) a month.