According to a report by Shenzhen Daily, the Chinese Fair Labor Association launched an investigation into the Foxconn’s factories in Shenzhen and Sichuan Province on Feb. 15, 2012. The report pointed out that Foxconn has more than 10 serious violations of labor. Workers at the Foxconn’s factories were working more than the maximum hours allowed by either Chinese labor law or the Fair Labor Association. The association allows a person to work 60 hours (including overtime work) a week, while China allows people to work no more than 76 hours a week (including no more than 36 hours of overtime).
In February 2012, Foxconn increased the wages of its assembly line workers by 16-25 percent to 1,800-2,200 yuan a month. However workers in Foxconn begin to find out that they earn less and less as they do not have to work as long as before. According to some statistics, 33.8 percent of the workers hoped to work longer to make more money.
The workers in Foxconn make electronics and devices such as iPhones and iPads, but these folks not only don’t have iPhones and iPads (because they can’t afford them), but, in some cases, have never even seen them. Almost all of the major electronics manufacturers make their stuff in China and other countries that have labor practices that would be illegal in their own country.
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Fake iPhones and iPads are hugely popular in China. As a tradition, the Chinese will burn lots of fake iPhone 4s tomorrow (April 4, 2012) for ancestor worship. The paper iPhones and iPads sold are the same size as the real ones with a whole complete package of components like headphones. Retailers said a paper iPad sells for 538 yuan ($85) including delivery while an iPhone version costs around 22 yuan.
China produces iPhones and iPads, not just for Apple’s international consumers, but its own deceased relatives at the Tomb Sweeping Holiday (Qingming Jie in Chinese Pinyin). This ancestor worship ceremony and tradition is also widely celebrated by ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia
The tradition is still there, but the meaning of it has changed a lot with the times. More and more new sacrificial things emerge that are modern and fashion. Except the paper replicas of iPads and fake paper replicas of iPhones, the Chinese people will also burn other sacrificial paper products like paper villa, cars, servants. LV bags, mistress, US dollars, HK dollars, AC, TV, special marriage certificate, Benz, BMW, Majiang, wines, cigarettes, condoms, credit cards, special ID, etc.
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We know a few Chinese CBA (Chinese Basketball Association) players, such as Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian, Mengke Bateer, and Sun Yue, have played in the NBA. And also conversely, some NBA players have signed to play basketball in the CBA of China. The notable foreign basketball players in China such as Stephon Marbury, Steve Francis, Kenyon Martin, Wilson Chandler, Patty Mills, Aaron Brooks and J.R. Smith.
Stephon Marbury, a New York City native, was the highest-profile NBA player to join China’s professional basketball league.
Why more and more NBA players play in CBA in China? “Salaries for basketball players in China are not great, travel can be arduous, the accommodations are not always luxurious and the food is a constant adventure.” (http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/)
Rumor and unverified reports say that the former NBA star Stephon Marbury has hit one Chinese fan after their 102-100 road loss on Sunday to the Shanxi Brave Dragons March 10th.
Playing basketball in China these days is not as easy as before. Fans aren’t always that innocent, some fans are there to watch games, some to disrupt the games.
＂Chinese basketball fans are boisterous and frequently throw things on the court. Play can also be violent. In the summer of 2011, players on the visiting Georgetown University team were attacked by players from the professional Beijing Bayi team during an exhibition game. Fans threw water bottles at the Hoyas as they left the court.＂ ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ )
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Everybody likes candies. But everyone might use different methods to get what they like.
When I was a kid before I learned to speak, I would cry for a candy. Gradually I knew how to speak, then I would ask for a candy from my mom. When my request was denied, I would cry. When I was about 4 or 5, I began to realize that I need to use tactics in order to attain what I want. Rather than begging for candy, I would tell my mom that I was extremely hungry but do not have an appetite for a meal.
Then I was at my school age. My desk-mate was a beautiful girl and I gradually found I was attracted by her. I would bring candies to her saying I had so many candies at home that I just can’t eat that much.
Time passed very fast. We both grow up, we graduated, we get married and we have our kids. Each time I am on business travel to somewhere far from home, I would bring some candies to my kids.
The kids grow up, the young grow old. Suddenly I realized that my mom was born in a poor family and when she was a kid she barely had a chance to have some candy. Now the living condition is much better than before. But each time we have candies, my mom would give her own share to my kids. I felt guilty. This mother’s day, my mom will receive a box of candies as gift.
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