Chinese Workers

Some ancient traditions don't hang back when it comes to punishment -- cutting off the hands of thieves, castrating rapists, tarring and feathering anyone people didn't like. But when a group of employees failed to make sales goals in China's Sichuan Province, their company decided to go old school, demanding ...

Reports of abuse at Chinese factories are so common as to hardly raise an eyebrow. A Longhua plant owned by Foxconn, the maker of almost all Apple devices, was dubbed the "suicide factory" after 16 workers jumped from its roof. Maltreatment at a designer clothing store, on the other hand, is more unexpected. ...