poor pay and conditions? slave labor in factories....in china? are you nuts? have you any idea...other than the
typical china bashing from faux news and co.?

i suppose the pay, hours, and working conditions aren't quite up to western standards, but compared to
conditions here in "our china" only a decade ago, they're light-years better.

no-one is forced (okay, there may be some prison labor somewhere, but i have no first-hand knowledge)
to "slave away" in foxconn or shimano factories. these are awesome jobs for the current environment!

50-60 hours a week? 10-hour shifts? $500 monthly wages? oh the horror!!!

think about what they're leaving behind: 12 hours a day every day...that's 84 hours!....no weekends....few
holidays.......working in the sun, knee-deep in mud behind a water buffalo in a rice paddy......living in a thatched
roof hut with no running water or electricity, one long-dump outhouse for an entire village......all for the
princely sum of (on average) $30 a month.

these slave-labor factories have raised 300 million people....just about the entire population of the united
states....out of poverty over the last decade. leave the village for the big city, work a year or two making
a huge salary (comparatively), go back to the village, build a house or start a business or send your kid
to college so they can have a future.

perhaps you might read up a little on the subject. until then, stick with the "war on christmas"