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Foxconn China plant closed after 2,000 riot

Posted by djohnston on · 6 comments
Reuters; By Maxim Duncan and Clare Jim 		Mail this story
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About 2,000 Chinese employees of an iPhone assembly company fought a pitched battle into the early hours of Monday, forcing the huge electronics plant where they work to be shut down.

Comment: I know this is not an open source story, but many electronic gadgets in use around the world are made at Foxconn's factories.

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Comments (6)

Bob_Robertson ·
Remember when flooding caused disk drive prices to rise?

It will be interesting to see what goes up now.
skelband ·
It certainly has been an interesting week.

I can't remember in recent times a week as influential or important for Linux.
djohnston Story submitter ·
From the article,

Quoting:Foxconn does not confirm which of its plants supply Apple, but an employee told Reuters that the Taiyuan plant is among those that assemble and make parts for Apple's iPhone 5.


Bob_Robertson ·
I would be surprised if that's the only thing a huge assembly plant does. Not impossible, just surprised.
shem ·
aaannd the date of the article is... tadaaah: Sep 24, 2012
djohnston Story submitter ·
Quoting:aaannd the date of the article is... tadaaah: Sep 24, 2012


Well, I missed that entirely. Glad you caught it. I'll read more closely in the future. Here's a followup:

Foxconn Riot: Largest Apple Supplier Suffers Another Violent Outbreak

I double checked the story date. ;^)

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