<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - foxconn</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/foxconn</link><description>Newsvine - foxconn</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 10:19:57 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:10:52 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>How America Is Turning into a 3rd World Nation in 4 Easy Steps </title>
<description><![CDATA[
New reports that Taiwanese transnational manufacturing corporation Foxconn may be opening up some plants in the United States indicate that our nation has now entered the terminal fourth stage of "third-worldization" or what may be better referred to simply as "recolonization."&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/11/15085457-how-america-is-turning-into-a-3rd-world-nation-in-4-easy-steps</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/11/15085457-how-america-is-turning-into-a-3rd-world-nation-in-4-easy-steps</guid><category>china</category><category>outsourcing</category><category>us-news</category><category>labor-unions</category><category>ipods</category><category>steve-jobs</category><category>foxconn</category><category>iphones</category><category>third-world-country</category><category>low-wage-labour</category><category>ipads</category><category>apple-phones</category><category>4-easy-steps</category><category>recolonization</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 10:20:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah4ECB5A9D-0D38-90A8-B5FE-74BAED9D8847.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="360" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah4ECB5A9D-0D38-90A8-B5FE-74BAED9D8847.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>2,000 Foxconn workers involved in mass brawl at China factory</title>
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Armed paramilitary police had to be called in to quell a 2,000-man brawl at the troubled Foxconn factory in Northern China that makes parts for Apple&rsquo;s iPhone 5, among other products.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></source><link>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/24/14067631-2000-foxconn-workers-involved-in-mass-brawl-at-china-factory</link><guid>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/24/14067631-2000-foxconn-workers-involved-in-mass-brawl-at-china-factory</guid><category>business</category><category>china</category><category>brawl</category><category>workers</category><category>apple</category><category>riot</category><category>factory</category><category>foxconn</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:49:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=michaelsautterEC131DF1-1D00-0BAC-F585-D68713380B6B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=michaelsautterEC131DF1-1D00-0BAC-F585-D68713380B6B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Riot Of Foxconn Factory</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A riot at has broken reportedly broken out a factory owned by&nbsp;Foxconn, the company famous for its production of Apple gadgets.
Ed Flanagan of NBC News reports:
Reports early Monday from China suggest that a mass disturbance or riots may have broken out at a Foxconn facto&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Anthony]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Susan Anthony]]></source><link>http://susananthony.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/24/14059515-riot-of-foxconn-factory</link><guid>http://susananthony.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/24/14059515-riot-of-foxconn-factory</guid><category>china</category><category>politics</category><category>riot</category><category>foxconn</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 07:20:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SusanAnthony54920F72-05B7-B015-9B75-61DF65F31291.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="396" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SusanAnthony54920F72-05B7-B015-9B75-61DF65F31291.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Workers at Apple contractor threaten suicide in wage dispute</title>
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Foxconn says dispute has ended after Chinese factory employees said they would jump off building in protest.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></source><link>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11442646-workers-at-apple-contractor-threaten-suicide-in-wage-dispute</link><guid>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11442646-workers-at-apple-contractor-threaten-suicide-in-wage-dispute</guid><category>technology</category><category>suicide</category><category>workers</category><category>apple</category><category>foxconn</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:58:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>While Apple Is Criticized for Foxconn, Other Companies Are Silent - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Over the past week I have asked Hewlett-Packard, Samsung, Microsoft, Dell, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Lenovo about their reports on labor conditions. Many, if not all, of these electronics makers also use Foxconn.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[spiffie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[spiffie]]></source><link>http://spiffie.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/08/11087845-while-apple-is-criticized-for-foxconn-other-companies-are-silent-nytimescom</link><guid>http://spiffie.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/08/11087845-while-apple-is-criticized-for-foxconn-other-companies-are-silent-nytimescom</guid><category>technology</category><category>china</category><category>labor</category><category>microsoft</category><category>amazon</category><category>apple</category><category>samsung</category><category>dell</category><category>hp</category><category>foxconn</category><pubDate>Sun, 8 Apr 2012 23:50:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=spiffie7FB7DA52-D23C-4071-FBCC-C2C6084CE149.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=spiffie7FB7DA52-D23C-4071-FBCC-C2C6084CE149.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Apple's China Problem: Redux</title>
<description><![CDATA[In February, Apple announced that it had become the first major technology company to join the Fair Labor Association and that this would involve sweeping audits of its suppliers:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></source><link>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/30/10940608-apples-china-problem-redux</link><guid>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/30/10940608-apples-china-problem-redux</guid><category>technology</category><category>china</category><category>apple</category><category>tim-cook</category><category>fla</category><category>iphone</category><category>foxconn</category><category>ipad</category><category>mike-daisey</category><category>fair-labor-association</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:53:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Mike Daisey apology tour begins, but doesn't go far enough.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Monologuist Mike Daisey is now offering an "accounting" after the revelation that most of the critical details of his "Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" monologue were fabricated for dramatic effect:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></source><link>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10869724-the-mike-daisey-apology-tour-begins-but-doesnt-go-far-enough</link><guid>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10869724-the-mike-daisey-apology-tour-begins-but-doesnt-go-far-enough</guid><category>technology</category><category>china</category><category>apple</category><category>lies</category><category>apology</category><category>iphone</category><category>foxconn</category><category>ipad</category><category>mike-daisey</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:12:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mike Daisey: Some Thoughts After The Storm</title>
<description><![CDATA[
When I said onstage that I had personally experienced things I in fact did not, I failed to honor the contract I&rsquo;d established with my audiences over many years and many shows. In doing so, I not only violated their trust, I also made worse art.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[spiffie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[spiffie]]></source><link>http://spiffie.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/25/10857184-mike-daisey-some-thoughts-after-the-storm</link><guid>http://spiffie.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/25/10857184-mike-daisey-some-thoughts-after-the-storm</guid><category>technology</category><category>china</category><category>apple</category><category>npr</category><category>steve-jobs</category><category>market-place</category><category>foxconn</category><category>this-american-life</category><category>ira-glass</category><category>apm</category><category>mike-daisey</category><category>mike-schmitz</category><pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:58:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>When exposing big truths, little lies matter: Mike Daisey, Foxconn, and Apple</title>
<description><![CDATA[At the risk of being challenged to yet another fight by the 400-plus-pound hulking behemoth that is Mike Daisey, let's talk about little lies, and why they matter when taking on big truths, even if you're "just" a storyteller. In a better world, we'd not need to have this discuss&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></source><link>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/19/10758135-when-exposing-big-truths-little-lies-matter-mike-daisey-foxconn-and-apple</link><guid>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/19/10758135-when-exposing-big-truths-little-lies-matter-mike-daisey-foxconn-and-apple</guid><category>technology</category><category>china</category><category>apple</category><category>lies</category><category>bullshit</category><category>foxconn</category><category>this-american-life</category><category>mike-daisey</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:08:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ab7F1FQrtA" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/4ab7F1FQrtA/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">I do not own this</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mike Daisey doubled down before being exposed as a liar and a fraud. (I love being right.)</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mike Daisey is a liar and a fraud. As detailed in the latest episode of This American Life, virtually every important detail of his "Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" monologue was made up in the name of theater:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></source><link>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/17/10734468-mike-daisey-doubled-down-before-being-exposed-as-a-liar-and-a-fraud-i-love-being-right</link><guid>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/17/10734468-mike-daisey-doubled-down-before-being-exposed-as-a-liar-and-a-fraud-i-love-being-right</guid><category>technology</category><category>china</category><category>fraud</category><category>apple</category><category>liar</category><category>foxconn</category><category>this-american-life</category><category>ira-glass</category><category>mike-daisey</category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:12:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'This American Life' Retracts Mike Daisey Story About Foxconn Factory Visit</title>
<description><![CDATA[Radio program "This American Life" (TAL) has&nbsp;retracted a "partially fabricated" storyabout author and actor Mike Daisey's visit to Foxconn factories in China.
The retraction was announced on Friday (the same day that&nbsp;Apple's latest iPad went on sale)&nbsp;in a blog pos&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></source><link>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10722796-this-american-life-retracts-mike-daisey-story-about-foxconn-factory-visit</link><guid>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10722796-this-american-life-retracts-mike-daisey-story-about-foxconn-factory-visit</guid><category>business</category><category>apple</category><category>technology-news</category><category>foxconn</category><category>this-american-life</category><category>slidepollajax</category><category>mike-daisey</category><category>mike-daisey-this-american-life</category><category>this-american-life-mike-daisey</category><category>this-american-life-retraction</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:51:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>This American Life retracts Apple/Foxconn story, citing &quot;numerous fabrications&quot; by Mike Daisey</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The China correspondent for the public radio show Marketplace tracked down the interpreter that Daisey hired when he visited Shenzhen China. The interpreter disputed much of what Daisey has been saying on stage and on our show. On this week's episode of This American Life, we w&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></source><link>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10721169-this-american-life-retracts-applefoxconn-story-citing-numerous-fabrications-by-mike-daisey</link><guid>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10721169-this-american-life-retracts-applefoxconn-story-citing-numerous-fabrications-by-mike-daisey</guid><category>technology</category><category>china</category><category>apple</category><category>foxconn</category><category>retraction</category><category>monologue</category><category>this-american-life</category><category>ira-glass</category><category>mike-daisey</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:14:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs' Ends March 18</title>
<description><![CDATA[
TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO SEE MIKE DAISEY&rsquo;S GAME CHANGING ONE-MAN SHOW
BY HENRY EDWARDS
Activist theater is specifically designed to effect social change, and no better example exists than The Public Theater&rsquo;s current resident, &ldquo;master storyteller&rdquo; Mike Dais&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BROADWAY BULLETIN]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BROADWAY BULLETIN]]></source><link>http://broadwaybulletin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/14/10672608-agony-and-ecstasy-of-steve-jobs-ends-march-18</link><guid>http://broadwaybulletin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/14/10672608-agony-and-ecstasy-of-steve-jobs-ends-march-18</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>foxconn</category><category>public-theater</category><category>mike-daisey</category><category>agony-and-the-ecstasy-of-steve-jobs</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:01:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BROADWAYBULLETINA19B6EFD-BA83-4E25-4DED-08864BCEFF99.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="171" width="275" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BROADWAYBULLETINA19B6EFD-BA83-4E25-4DED-08864BCEFF99.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Former factory workers add pleas to sign Apple labor petition | Apple Talk - CNET News</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two former factory workers in China who suffered health problems as part  of a 2009 incident are urging the public to sign an Internet petition  being delivered to Apple tomorrow.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnny Yuma]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Johnny Yuma]]></source><link>http://jyuma.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/22/10480123-former-factory-workers-add-pleas-to-sign-apple-labor-petition-apple-talk-cnet-news</link><guid>http://jyuma.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/22/10480123-former-factory-workers-add-pleas-to-sign-apple-labor-petition-apple-talk-cnet-news</guid><category>technology</category><category>china</category><category>workers</category><category>apple</category><category>petition</category><category>iphone</category><category>foxconn</category><category>blood-money</category><category>apple-corporate-sumofus</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:07:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jyuma1B8F2D1E-5F0D-684E-1E76-212B05005422.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="166" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jyuma1B8F2D1E-5F0D-684E-1E76-212B05005422.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="50" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Nightline Gets an Unprecedented Glimpse Inside Apple's Chinese Core</title>
<description><![CDATA[Of note:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></source><link>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/20/10458570-nightline-gets-an-unprecedented-glimpse-inside-apples-chinese-core</link><guid>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/20/10458570-nightline-gets-an-unprecedented-glimpse-inside-apples-chinese-core</guid><category>technology</category><category>china</category><category>abc</category><category>apple</category><category>nightlife</category><category>iphone</category><category>foxconn</category><category>ipad</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:17:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pressures Drive Change at China's Electronics Giant Foxconn </title>
<description><![CDATA[
BEIJING &mdash; The announcement Saturday that Foxconn Technology &mdash; one of the world&rsquo;s largest electronics manufacturers &mdash; will sharply raise salaries and reduce overtime at its Chinese factories signals that pressure from workers, international markets and co&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Incredulous One]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Incredulous One]]></source><link>http://incredulous.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/20/10453930-pressures-drive-change-at-chinas-electronics-giant-foxconn</link><guid>http://incredulous.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/20/10453930-pressures-drive-change-at-chinas-electronics-giant-foxconn</guid><category>technology</category><category>china</category><category>robots</category><category>chinese</category><category>apple</category><category>electronics</category><category>computers</category><category>hewlett-packard</category><category>assembly</category><category>factory</category><category>manufacturing</category><category>hp</category><category>foxconn</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:55:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=incredulous3A68EA43-267A-69CC-3F05-4B3A0FA0B2AA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=incredulous3A68EA43-267A-69CC-3F05-4B3A0FA0B2AA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Apple's China Problem</title>
<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, an&nbsp;Apple press release announced that the Fair Labor association would be beginning its audits of Foxconn facilities in China:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></source><link>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/14/10407169-apples-china-problem</link><guid>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/14/10407169-apples-china-problem</guid><category>technology</category><category>china</category><category>apple</category><category>tim-cook</category><category>audit</category><category>fla</category><category>manufacturing</category><category>foxconn</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:44:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Great news! Thousands of people no longer have to pretend they aren't going to buy an iPad 3.</title>
<description><![CDATA[
As part of its independent assessment, the FLA will interview thousands of employees about working and living conditions including health and safety, compensation, working hours and communication with management.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></source><link>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/13/10396990-great-news-thousands-of-people-no-longer-have-to-pretend-they-arent-going-to-buy-an-ipad-3</link><guid>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/13/10396990-great-news-thousands-of-people-no-longer-have-to-pretend-they-arent-going-to-buy-an-ipad-3</guid><category>technology</category><category>china</category><category>apple</category><category>audit</category><category>fla</category><category>manufacturing</category><category>foxconn</category><category>fair-labor-association</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:42:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Don't overlook the messenger: 4 protesters show up at Apple store to deliver 250,000 signatures</title>
<description><![CDATA[So says Gizmodo:

There was supposed to be a protest at Apple's monstrous architectural annex in New York's Grand Central Station today. If you weren't looking for it, you'd would've only seen the usual commuter hell. But the protestors showed up. Four of them.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></source><link>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/09/10364007-dont-overlook-the-messenger-4-protesters-show-up-at-apple-store-to-deliver-250000-signatures</link><guid>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/09/10364007-dont-overlook-the-messenger-4-protesters-show-up-at-apple-store-to-deliver-250000-signatures</guid><category>technology</category><category>protest</category><category>apple</category><category>ethics</category><category>petition</category><category>apple-store</category><category>iphone</category><category>foxconn</category><category>ipad</category><category>mike-daisey</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Feb 2012 18:08:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Agony and Ecstasy of Mike Daisey: An Open Interview Request</title>
<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: MIKE DAISEY'S RESPONSES ADDED IN. Mike Daisey, for those who aren't familiar with his work, is a monologist. I knew quite a bit about Mike Daisey before I knew what a monologist was so, as is often the case, thank God for Wikipedia:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></source><link>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/07/10340490-the-agony-and-ecstasy-of-mike-daisey-an-open-interview-request</link><guid>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/07/10340490-the-agony-and-ecstasy-of-mike-daisey-an-open-interview-request</guid><category>business</category><category>china</category><category>interview</category><category>apple</category><category>foxconn</category><category>mike-daisey</category><category>monologist</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 18:01:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The difference between hating Apple and actually caring about Chinese factory workers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Apple is in the spotlight, yet again, due in large part to their increased visibility and ongoing (astronomical) success in a down market.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></source><link>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/03/10310403-the-difference-between-hating-apple-and-actually-caring-about-chinese-factory-workers</link><guid>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/03/10310403-the-difference-between-hating-apple-and-actually-caring-about-chinese-factory-workers</guid><category>business</category><category>china</category><category>labor</category><category>apple</category><category>boycott</category><category>manufacturing</category><category>petition</category><category>forbes</category><category>iphone</category><category>foxconn</category><category>ipad</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:45:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Arab Spring's Chinese roots... and future?</title>
<description><![CDATA[One year into the revolutionary wave of pro-democracy protests across the Middle East, Arab activists, scholars and commentators continue to debate the root causes and dynamics behind the so-called "Arab Spring".]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Synthesis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Synthesis]]></source><link>http://primarysources.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/03/10305703-the-arab-springs-chinese-roots-and-future</link><guid>http://primarysources.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/03/10305703-the-arab-springs-chinese-roots-and-future</guid><category>egypt</category><category>yemen</category><category>tunisia</category><category>revolution</category><category>bahrain</category><category>world-news</category><category>jasmine</category><category>smartphones</category><category>foxconn</category><category>tahrir</category><category>twitter</category><category>occupy</category><category>iranelection</category><category>arab-spring</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 04:36:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=PrimarySourcesA760C0F2-F3D5-B08C-ECFA-7BEEB059169C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="89" width="135" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=PrimarySourcesA760C0F2-F3D5-B08C-ECFA-7BEEB059169C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Apple Boycott: People Are Spouting Nonsense about Chinese Manufacturing - Forbes</title>
<description><![CDATA[It'll be interesting to see who reads the actual article and who simply chooses to ignore it in favor of airing their assumptions about what it says.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Ford]]></source><link>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/31/10279848-the-apple-boycott-people-are-spouting-nonsense-about-chinese-manufacturing-forbes</link><guid>http://brianford.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/31/10279848-the-apple-boycott-people-are-spouting-nonsense-about-chinese-manufacturing-forbes</guid><category>business</category><category>china</category><category>labor</category><category>apple</category><category>boycott</category><category>iphone</category><category>foxconn</category><category>ipad</category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:14:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Apple hit by boycott call over worker abuses in China</title>
<description><![CDATA[
US writers attack conditions at Foxconn plant and call for consumers to act.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></source><link>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/30/10271823-apple-hit-by-boycott-call-over-worker-abuses-in-china</link><guid>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/30/10271823-apple-hit-by-boycott-call-over-worker-abuses-in-china</guid><category>business</category><category>china</category><category>apple</category><category>aapl</category><category>boycott</category><category>foxconn</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:09:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>By the Numbers: Life and Death at Foxconn</title>
<description><![CDATA[
An&nbsp;investigative series&nbsp;by the New York Times and a performance piece by&nbsp;Mike Daisey&nbsp;featured on&nbsp;This American Life&nbsp;have put the spotlight on&nbsp;Foxconn, the Taiwanese company whose massive Chinese factories manufacture some of the world's most p&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[McSpocky]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[McSpocky]]></source><link>http://illuminate.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/27/10255254-by-the-numbers-life-and-death-at-foxconn</link><guid>http://illuminate.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/27/10255254-by-the-numbers-life-and-death-at-foxconn</guid><category>motorola</category><category>nokia</category><category>hewlett-packard</category><category>dell</category><category>world-news</category><category>iphone</category><category>foxconn</category><category>ipad</category><category>apple-products</category><category>life-and-death-at-foxconn</category><category>foxconn-assembles</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:42:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=illuminate7F47C766-253D-5519-CA30-279EC9189CFD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=illuminate7F47C766-253D-5519-CA30-279EC9189CFD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>