Entries from Asian Chemical Connections tagged with 'Foxconn'

Foxconn And China Demographics

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/23/foxconn-taiyuan-riot/   By John Richardson THE riots and a strike at Foxconn factories in China point to demographic changes that have major implications for the country's economy. China's one-child policy means that it can no longer depend on a...

Foxconn And Chemicals

By John Richardson THE recent investigation by the US-based Fair Labor Association into Foxconn is a further indication of how China is transforming its economic model. It was found that Foxconn breached several Chinese regulations, including a maximum working week...

China's rising labour costs - a blessing in disguise?

By Malini Hariharan With so much happening in petrochemical markets the blog has not had time to comment on the ongoing turmoil in China's labour market. But we had noted a few months back that factories in southern China were...