Foxconn heartened by US radio retraction

Foxconn said it was heartened by the retraction of a US radio station's program involving fabricated statements about its factories on Monday.

The American radio series, This American Life, retracted a widely heard program in which an actor named Mike Daisey told of his "horrible" experiences during his visit in a Foxconn factory in Shenzhen, including meeting teenager workers and workers whose hands were shaking "uncontrollably" because of contact with toxic chemicals.

His words proved to be made up, according to a statement on This American Life's home page published on March 16.