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Asia » China » Hunan » Chenzhou April 8th 2012

A teenager in Hunan Province sold a kidney for an i-phone this week. Trafficking organs for luxury goods reveals the priorities of young people born in the current century. Reuters quoted Xinhua news as the original source. It reminds me of the days when American kids would shoot each other over expensive sneakers over 20 years ago. In 2010 the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen was in hot water after several employees comitted suicide. A small cluster Hong Hong labor activists started boycotting Apple products as a result. Electronics are a major drive for retail tourism which has kept Hong Kong's economy a... read more




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