Under the Christmas tree, some of us will hopefully find a great Iphone 4 32G, an amazing 9.7 inch Ipad 3G, a Dell netbook, a Sony PSP® or a Nokia N8 smartphone. On the user manual, it shall be written how to handle it but certainly not how it has been made. Today, La Vie French magazine publishes a long story (including side boxes here and here) about life at Foxconn, main Apple’s supplier. Sorry, it’s only in French but let me propose you my comment in English.
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For the Foxconn kids, money doesn’t buy happiness
Foxconn kids: the teaser
Category societe
… or the true cost of your Iphone.
Christmas is getting close and you might have decorated a beautiful small pine tree in the middle of the living room. But what will you offer to your fellows for Christmas? A fancy Ipod Touch, an Ipad or even better an Iphone 4? You don’t have to feel guilty about that. Soon, I will be bringing you into the life of Foxconn kids in Longhua, close to Shenzhen. Hundreds thousands of Chinese young migrant workers whose life is fully devoted to Apple’s products. After a tragic wave of suicides, their income has been highly increased… as well as their productivity. Taiwanese firm Foxconn is the main supplier for Apple, Nokia, Acer, Dell, Sony Ericsson and HP printers. The Foxconn kids series to be released soon.
La Chine devient la 2e puissance économique mondiale…
Et ces forçats bâtisseurs des gratte-ciels de Pékin doivent sûrement s’en réjouir.
Les forçats des JO
Category séquence nostalgie
Fier comme un Mingong / Proud like a Mingong
Photos by Jordan Pouille.
C’est la canicule à Pékin et sous les pavés, c’est pas la plage ! A Jianwai Soho, où je partage un bureau, on construit encore tous azymuts, pour le plus grand plaisir des spéculateurs… et des ouvriers migrants. Au coucher du soleil, quand le mercure repasse sous la barre des 40°c, j’en profite pour tirer le portrait de ces derniers, à la bonne humeur désarmante. Voici le début d’une longue série photographique intitulée “Mingong summer”. Vos commentaires, critiques et suggestions sont évidemment les bienvenues. jordanpouille@gmail.com
(édit: 10/07) La dernière photo est publiée sur China Digital Times !
And an extra picture taken in Tianjin town center on September the 12th 2010.













