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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
Foxconn is primarily an original design manufacturer and its clients include American, European and Japanese companies. Notable products which the company manufactures include the iPad, iPhone, Kindle, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. It is the largest exporter in Greater China and the largest private-sector employer in China.
Foxconn has been involved in several controversies, mostly relating to how it manages employees in China, where it is the largest private employer.
Let's have a look at the Foxconn factory in China and Taiwan.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
A worker walks outside Foxconn in China's southern city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
A job seeker yawns as he queues outside Foxconn recruitment centre in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
Employees eat their meal on a guardrail of a bridge near Foxconn recruitment centre in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
A Foxconn worker walks past a factory belonging to affiliate Foxconn Premier Image Technology (China) Ltd in Foshan in Guangdong province, southern China.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
A job seeker walks down stairs at a recruitment centre, past a poster on the wall which reads 'Welcome to Foxconn, Join Us For a Better Living', in Zhengzhou, Henan province in central China.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
A woman cycles under a banner which reads 'Work at Foxconn, Live a More Prosperous Life' in a village near the Foxconn factory building in Zhengzhou, Henan province in central China.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
Workers from Foxconn take part in a 'Treasure Your Life' rally inside a stadium at a Foxconn plant in the southern Chinese township of Longhua in Guangdong province.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
Workers from Foxconn take part in a 'Treasure Your Life' rally inside a stadium at a Foxconn plant in the southern Chinese township of Longhua in Guangdong province.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
Workers from Foxconn take part in a 'Treasure Your Life' rally inside a stadium at a Foxconn plant in the southern Chinese township of Longhua in Guangdong province.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
Jobseekers wait to be interviewed at the entrance of a recruitment office at a job fair held by Foxconn Technology Group in Zhengzhou, Henan province.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
Worker at work during a night shift in Foxconn's new factory in Zhengzhou, Henan province in central China.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
A worker, right, talks to her relatives through the steel fence at a Foxconn factory in Langfang, Hebei Province, China.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
A worker walks out of a factory building with the nets, installed to prevent workers from jumping to their deaths, at a Foxconn factory, in Langfang, Hebei Province.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
Security guards walk under nets, installed on a factory building to prevent workers from jumping to their deaths, at a Foxconn factory, in Langfang, Hebei Province.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
Employees work inside a Foxconn factory in the township of Longhua in the southern Guangdong province.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
Ma Zishan cries as he carries a portrait of his son Ma Xiangqian outside a Foxconn factory in the township of Longhua, Guangdong province.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
Foxconn workers take part in a group exercise at a business district near their factory in the township of Longhua, Guangdong province.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
Workers look on from a Foxconn logo near the gate of a Foxconn factory in the township of Longhua, Guangdong province.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
Labour union protesters lay flowers to symbolise mourning in during a protest outside the Hong Hai headquarters in Tucheng, Taipei.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
Policemen stand guard outside the headquarters during a protest by labour unions in Tucheng, Taipei.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
A local resident carrying flowers to mourn the deaths of Foxconn workers is stopped from entering a Foxconn factory by a staff member in the township of Longhua in the southern Guangdong province.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
Foxconn workers walk on a footbridge outside their factory in the township of Longhua in the southern Guangdong province.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
A man carries a banner outside a Foxconn factory in the township of Longhua in the southern Guangdong province. The banner reads 'I want to meet Terry Gou. I know the reason behind the suicide of Foxconn workers, and the way to solve it. I hope to get RMB$1 million as a reward'.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
Taiwanese tycoon Terry Gou, founder of Foxconn, visits a residential complex for high-ranking workers at a Foxconn factory in the township of Longhua in the southern Guangdong province.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
A man rides his scooter past the Foxconn headquarters in Tucheng, Taipei County.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
Workers are seen inside a Foxconn factory in the township of Longhua in the southern Guangdong province.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
Cao Yi, 24, from Henan province poses as he works inside a Foxconn factory in the township of Longhua in the southern Guangdong province.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
A worker examines a circuit board inside a Foxconn factory in the township of Longhua in the southern Guangdong province.
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How workers toil at Foxconn, the human sweat-shop
Workers wait in line to seek help from the management outside a workers' care centre at a Foxconn factory in the township of Longhua in the southern Guangdong province.