Not true. The China of today is nothing like the China of Mao. The boom in manufacturing/export in PRC is because the gubmint made private ownership legal. The vast majority of companies making goods for export are privately owned - profits go to the owners, not to the government - just like here. The workers are paid a wage - a good one by Chinese standards - just like here. And of course there are taxes - just like here.

In some industries there are still state-owned companies, but they are dying off rapidly as the private (i.e. profit-driven) companies eat their lunch. A few months ago there was a long article in the Wall St. Journal about entrepreneurship in the Chinese bicycle industry. One example was a state-owned company (White Wing, I think) that at one time was the biggest bicycle manufacturer in China (and that's saying something). It had been driven nearly out of business by the many private companies, and a woman has taken over (essentially bought out of bankruptcy) one of its factories and is trying, with some success, to compete.



Btw, if you're interested in boycotting something to make you feel better, try boycotting Korean goods made in the "enterprise zone" in N. Korea (PDRK). Companies are mostly S. Korean, but the PDRK takes about 75% of the workers' already-tiny wages. It's pretty close to slave labor.