Comments on: Frame Two: China Blue http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=832 Níl ann ach raiméis : It's nothing but nonsense Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:45:18 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: maca http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=832#comment-57640 maca Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:28:55 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=832#comment-57640 Work camp or hard labour camp would be a good description! Yeah it's all about costs ... that's why so much work has gone from Finland and other countries, because the same work can be done many times cheaper in China, especially manual work which is just too expensive in Europe. There probably are laws to protect workers, but I don't think they are enforced. Work camp or hard labour camp would be a good description!
Yeah it’s all about costs … that’s why so much work has gone from Finland and other countries, because the same work can be done many times cheaper in China, especially manual work which is just too expensive in Europe.
There probably are laws to protect workers, but I don’t think they are enforced.

]]> By: lauranen http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=832#comment-56976 lauranen Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:07:01 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=832#comment-56976 Why do they call the places campuses? Sounds like a euphemism for a work camp. The documentary sounds very good. I'm desperate to live & consume ethically but there are so many thing we need to buy and the origin of almost every product is so well hidden, that unless you do excessive research it's very difficult (in some cases even impossible) to choose the right products. I know absolutely nothing about China today, is their rising economy based on low-cost labour? Then I guess no-one in the government would be in a rush to introduce laws that guarantee better conditions for the workers. Consumer bans could be an effective start, but it take cooperation of the businesses and the Chinese government to change things around and create a better working environment there. Why do they call the places campuses? Sounds like a euphemism for a work camp. The documentary sounds very good. I’m desperate to live & consume ethically but there are so many thing we need to buy and the origin of almost every product is so well hidden, that unless you do excessive research it’s very difficult (in some cases even impossible) to choose the right products.

I know absolutely nothing about China today, is their rising economy based on low-cost labour? Then I guess no-one in the government would be in a rush to introduce laws that guarantee better conditions for the workers. Consumer bans could be an effective start, but it take cooperation of the businesses and the Chinese government to change things around and create a better working environment there.

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