CNN: Foxconn to scrap China ‘factory town’ model

Posted: June 9th, 2010 | Author: Daan Roggeveen | Filed under: Background | Tags: Foxconn |

Interesting update on the Foxconn news on CNN today: the CEO announced that they:

are going to return these social functions to the government”.

Obviously, this is a big step in the way Taiwan and Hong Kong manufacturers are doing business in China - and it will have major impact on the physical city as well. Read the whole story here.

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