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ConohaConcordia t1_iudpu0l wrote

Reply to comment by KimCureAll in Chinese cities brace for wave of Foxconn workers from COVID-hit Zhengzhou by KimCureAll

It works the same way American factories overseas does: they abide to local laws, but other than that they set their own rules and extract their profits for the owners.

Foxconn has no choice but to enforce a zero-Covid policy, but they had plenty of choices to not treat their workers in a shitty way, and they had plenty of choice to not house every employee on campus and restrict their movements.

Don’t know why people think everything works differently when it comes to China.

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Modal_Window t1_iug47qk wrote

That's kind of wild when you think about it.. I know these places are so huge with over 100,000 workers that they basically are company towns. But still, to be told that you may never leave the realm of Wal-Mart or something is just something else.

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