Thursday, June 24, 2010

Chinese factories struggle as wages rise ‎

SHENZHEN, China Caixin Online -- Standing in a light rain, dozens of young men and women quietly waited at the closed gates of a Foxconn Technology Group recruiting office. One woman said she'd traveled from another electronics company factory nearby to check out Foxconn's offer to increase salaries by up to 2,000 yuan ($295) a month. She called that kind of pay "unbelievable" for