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How does China make such cheap TVs? By silencing, arresting and even torturing labor activists.

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tiredofnonsense
May 20, 2007, 4:55 p.m.
"To them we were nothing," says Pang, who is still tailed by plainclothes police officers. "Certainly not people who had a right to demand anything, not even pay. When I told them work without pay is slavery, they just laughed."
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texangelwings
May 21, 2007, 9:22 a.m.
How can people be so cold blooded towards any other human being? (I will never understand how people can disrespect themselves, by treating other human beings like dirt.)
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getreal1
May 21, 2007, 10:59 a.m.
China has always been cruel to it's people and will always be cruel to it's people. China does not like the United states and China has done trade with us because it is the only way to mess with us. We now have to screen our foods. It has always been called communist China.
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evelyna
May 21, 2007, 11 a.m.
If the corporations wanted to they could set an example by treating people kind. After all, america is suppose to be a bright shining example. But no, they want slaves like everyone else. Shame on everyone, wanting to go back to slavery.
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groingo
May 21, 2007, 11:56 a.m.
That's what I've never understood, wasn't the WTO supposed to even the playing field?
The only real solution is to just stop buying Chinese made goods and materials.
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Aotearoa
May 21, 2007, 1:04 p.m.
China has always been crule to its people, from the building of the great wall to the 10 year cultural revolution to the present totallitarian regime. I guess they are destined to living in hardship because when they were finally freed from the iron grip of the imperial dynasties, by Dr. Sun Yet Sen , they opted for Mao. The rest is history . Can Americans boycot the cheap goods from its most valued trading partner?
Leve leva e malanga kae tau
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tiredofnonsense
May 21, 2007, 2:42 p.m.
Thats the usual practice. offset the advantage with tarrifs. Unfortuantely that doesnt help the people. Im sure the corporations are paying china for the goods, they just arent paying the workers, thats like the forced labour in the prisson systems as well, where are the screams from the human rights groups?
I still hear the crickets.