Over 2 million iPhone 5's sold in China on opening weekend

Apple announced it has sold over two million of its new iPhone 5 in China, just three days after its launch on December 14. iPhone 5 will be available in more than 100 countries by the end of December, making it the fastest iPhone rollout ever.

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Foxconn plant in China closed after 2,000 workers get in brawl over dispute

A huge brawl involving 2,000 factory workers has forced the closure of a Foxconn plant in Taiyuan, China. The brawl was an escalation over a dispute between how workers were treated. Foxconn is one of the more prominent factories that manufacture products for various technology companies. The Taiyuan factory has 79,000 workers and is said to be the plant where the iPhone 5 is being manufactured.

Foxconn is the biggest contract factory of electronic goods, in China it employs a total of about 1 million workers.

Source: Toronto Sun

Video: Marketplace shows How iPads are Made

American Public Media's Marketplace takes to Foxconn, the controversial electronics manufacturing company headquartered in Tucheng, New Taipei,Taiwan. The video shows how Apple's iPads are made and touches on how factory workers try to find jobs in manufacturing at Foxconn. Numerous computer and consumer electronics companies get their products made in Foxconn.

Apple's Chinese Factories to be audited by Fair Labor Association

Photo from Hothardware.comApple today announced that the Fair Labor Association will conduct special voluntary audits of Apple’s final assembly suppliers, including Foxconn factories in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China, at Apple’s request. A team of labor rights experts led by FLA president Auret van Heerden began the first inspections Monday morning at the facility in Shenzhen known as Foxconn City.

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