Exposed: 'brutality' of Chinese toy factories
The Scotsman – Exposed: ‘brutality’ of Chinese toy factories: “WORKERS in eight Chinese factories making toys for multinational companies are subject to ‘brutal conditions’, according to human rights activists. China Labour Watch said in a report issued yesterday that the manufacturers – which served a handful of global players, including Disney, Bandai and Hasbro – paid ‘little heed to the most basic standards of the country’. The report, which followed several months of investigation, continued: ‘Wages are low, benefits are non-existent, work environments are dangerous and living conditions are humiliating.’ WORKERS in eight Chinese factories making toys for multinational companies are subject to ‘brutal conditions’, according to human rights activists. China Labour Watch said in a report issued yesterday that the manufacturers – which served a handful of global players, including Disney, Bandai and Hasbro – paid ‘little heed to the most basic standards of the country’. The report, which followed several months of investigation, continued: ‘Wages are low, benefits are non-existent, work environments are dangerous and living conditions are humiliating.’ “
Those who say China is now a free, Capitalist country don’t know what they’re talking about. Just because there’s a growing and visible Chinese middle class doesn’t mean the ‘Middle Kingdom’ is a free country. It has only accepted market forces to the extent that the nation (i.e. the ‘Party’) can benefit of the economic growth so as to be able to present itself as a new global player and potential super power in the 21th century. That’s what “China embraces the free market” means. It’s not about empowering the citizens and giving them more economic freedom. Liberty and human dignity apparently are alien concepts for fans of the ‘Little Red Book’. And to many foreign investors in the country as well. Shame on all Western corporations who knowingly allow this and hence collaborate with the Communists.