The true costs of cheap labor.

They are very courageous to dare to report this scandalous treatment of workers. From the workers and the people helping them file complaints and from the reporters bringing it to the world. Thank you

To hard to watch...when I was Shanghai we had a chance to visit a factory, it was terrible in what condition the people had to work and most of them in their early teens ! We could not give any comments...shocking !

What in a world we live in… 🥺🙏

@SuzyEH

6 ай бұрын

Digging back to my W Kentucky reply...Ain't that the damn truth.

great work and thanks for the info, true title the "Best Documentary".

20:10 the way the young man (Mingk)stood up and walked off camera when his father mentioned going home, and that "your grandmother has been asking for you..." I really felt empathy for him at that moment and could feel his shame, he felt worthless due to his lack of success in the big city. He knew that as a sick man, unable to generate income, he would've been a burden on his family. That really gave me pause for thought, very sad situation for any young man to face. Then, seconds later the narrator said that he committed suicide by jumping from the 12th storey of the hospital... All I could think about was his Granny back in the village hearing the news of his suicide and being heartbroken, her heart literally aching. He truly believed that his worth was measured in money, he would rather not exist than bear the shame of being dependent on the family. Rich or poor, employed or unemployed, I cannot imagine that his Granny loved him any less, in trying to avoid being a burden, he destroyed the integrity of his whole family unit. Truly tragic, I'm typing this long rambling comment with a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes. I was suicidal at times during my youth. My parents were neglectful mostly but sometimes emotionally abusive and told me that I was useless and a burden on them (we were not poor, I went to private school but was told daily that we would be homeless soon and other false scare stories that kept me awake every night. I wasn't brave enough to jump out of a window but tried hanging myself from my bunk bed, more than once I burst blood vessels in my eyes from the extreme blood pressure created by the noise tightening. I would always panic and lift myself up before losing consciousness - my mother caught me red faced removing the noose and said "you're so f%cking pathetic you can't even top yourself properly".... She was right (fortunately). My Granny lived in a different city and I only saw her occasionally but I always felt comfortable at her house, it was the only place where I could actually fall asleep at night, I knew that she loved me unconditionally and somehow it was enough to give me the strength to keep going and pretend, at school, that I was OK. My gran found out that I was suicidal and had a talk with me, she explained that if anything happened to me that she would probably die soon after from a broken heart. Anything I did to hurt myself was going to hurt her 10x more and that her great grandparents survived famine so that I could be alive today. To commit suicide would be an insult to all our ancestors and that she didn't want to go to heaven if I wasn't going to be there with her one day. (Catholic belief that suicide means u go to hell & she truly believed that). So, I promised her that I would never kill myself. That promise definitely saved my life several times and I was able to comfort my Gran during her last weeks on earth, days before she left us, she reminded me of that promise and said that it still applies even after she dies. So, the pure, unconditional, non judgemental love that only a Grandmother can give to a young boy/ man saved my life. If only Mingk could have made it home sooner, he might have felt that love and found the strength to fight his illness and to fight for compensation for his occupational illness. I just keep imagining his Gran getting the news and then never feeling happy ever again. To anybody who is in a dark place, so dak that suicide feels like the only way to relieve the pain.... Stop! Stop and think for a moment about your grandparents (dead or alive) and imagine the total destruction of their heart, their whole life's purpose being ripped away from them. Just hang in for another day, we can always commit suicide tomorrow if we want to... The option is always there - BUT- the option to reverse our actions does not exist.... Do not take permanent measures to try and fix temporary problems. Please excuse my long rambling comment... I just had to share my feelings, this story really triggered some emotional memories. Be kind to eachother out there brothers & sisters.

@onibmils

6 ай бұрын

Much love bro 🖤 i relate and i appreciate your story

@chiendinh-je2xi

5 ай бұрын

Every life has some kind of difficulty, study Hard, work harder, read or practice internal balance to tread forward. Good luck

@Madonnalitta1

4 ай бұрын

Glad you made it through.

They say the alternative for benzene costs little more. Since most electronics buyers won't fuss for few more pennies to cost, I fail to understand why they are not opting for alternative to benzene. Either it should be greed, lack of knowledge or corruption at government departments.

@TheTantanski

6 ай бұрын

greed.

@buildmotosykletist1987

6 ай бұрын

Certainly corruption, it's rife under the CCP's rule.

@TheRiddleNL

6 ай бұрын

All.. Human and the system, ALL.

May the hole world See this documentary

@Dynamatrix1973

6 ай бұрын

Whole

@dirkligillesbachtal6354

6 ай бұрын

@@Dynamatrix1973 The world's a sh*it hole... So he's kinda right?! 😉

Great documentary!❤

my favorite documentary of the hour!

Enslaving people is a crime against humanity.

@jimbarbwe1985

3 ай бұрын

Now you have mentioned that this is a Crime, I'm sure the Chinese government will stop, better tell North Korea about this also.

Corruption is what makes us go through hard times, if not for it nobody would give out money to get medical attention, so it's sad to see these 😤😤😤😤😠😠😠

ceo gets their humongous salary plus bonuses and workers gets heartache plus diesase

Excellent documentary, thank you for exposing the truth.

Damn, this is heartbreaking... we are all slaves to that paper

This is the truth, and most kids don't know anything than look in too screens and not even wipe their own butts.. But most have iPhone 15

Well steve jobs (apple creator) died at a young age a slow painful death from pancreatic cancer so there’s some irony.

God bless that young lady 😢

@tommyvictorbuch6960

6 ай бұрын

God isn't real. Grow up.

@hamzak7261

6 ай бұрын

@@tommyvictorbuch6960 I'm glad I'm not as miserable as you are.

@jack3finger

6 ай бұрын

@@tommyvictorbuch6960 There got to be somebody who created all this stuff in nature. What you think?

@tommyvictorbuch6960

6 ай бұрын

@@jack3finger, no creator needed. Evolution is a fact.

@jack3finger

6 ай бұрын

@@tommyvictorbuch6960 I am not saying one should have faith in and looking to some unseen entity to solve their problems, but did evolution created itself?

Some people have a really hard life, education, medical care and other resources, seriously uneven distribution.

It's such a shame we're all human beings we're all just workers to the big corporations no matter what color no better water creed they just don't give a damn I hope you all find peace and they do the right thing which they won't but I pray for you that they will God bless you all Indiana USA God bless America

Wow, what an incredible documentary. The human story really touched my heart and it is painful to see Communist China that is supposed to be a workers paradise failing at its fundamental duty to serve and protect the Chinese workers. I think President Xi should confirm China's position as a responsible state that puts people first in its industrialization approach. Afterall, what good is a country if the government policies are hurting and killing its citizens. I fully sympathize with the injured workers and their families who are suffering along with them ❤.

@jsc3417

6 ай бұрын

Xi Jinping has cracked down a lot on corruptions in China. This includes Foxconn's complication in several high-level bribery cases in the cities where they built the factory in. Why do you think the West hates Xi jingping so much? Because he's taking care of the Chinese people's well being, unlike the previous Chinese leadership who practically acted like a lapdog of the western corporations.

@jamesmoy1214

6 ай бұрын

I see Crocodile tears. Sounds like you’re part of this nonsense report

So sad 😢

Thank you

heartbreaking, powerful, informative documentary. what a world we live in now a days..

Thanks

One the people will have justice I pray

@edl6398

4 ай бұрын

If not in this world then in the next. Karma is a bitch. They better enjoy their life here because it’s not going to be easy in the next.

these seems like very old videos you can see these very old outdated Electronics

Great documentary; there must be independent or international bodies to investigate and solve this kind of pronlems and not leave it corrupted governments. Poor workers and families always suffer all around the world.

@sjonbeton

6 ай бұрын

as if the big powers of this world cares.... we are just numbers (for them) not humans.

@Cybersawz

6 ай бұрын

Corrupt governments would never allow that to happen.

The only reason factories went to China is they have people willing to work for peanuts. It's why a 60" RCA TV is $300 not $1000 anymore . My Iphone and Honda generator was made in China . GDP (per Capita) China is ranked 80th ,it is a billion working poor .

For each iPad, workers can earn 1% of profit, Apple earns over 75%. Chinese work hard to make the US Richer and Lawyers might get jail time if fighting for workers rights

@SupaShow31

6 ай бұрын

China needs to stop selling its soul to screw over its people.

@gw2097

6 ай бұрын

在中国，没有迁徙自由。每个城市乡村都需要户口才能定居。这些在大城市打工的农村年轻人，干到退休后，绝大多数都必须回到乡村。拿每月100元的退休金。

@nmew6926

6 ай бұрын

The greedy party is the Americans. That's why China is right on " forced" technology transfer. It's not really forced. Either you accept it or go elsewhere.

@simonsong1743

6 ай бұрын

@@gw2097 You are very old man?

This breaks my heart!! What can be done?

Awesome

Its kind of sad when one lives in a FAIL STATE!!

@phillip76

6 ай бұрын

I don't think China is a fail state, tho.

@Dennis-ns1yx

6 ай бұрын

China is far from a fail state. This is just the side effect of capitalism. Absolutely disgusting

While this abuse of workers definitely happened up to 2014, be aware that as of 2014, Apple stated that it would Stop using both benzene and N-hexane in making both parts and in final assembly of electronics in China. I found articles about this, but they either dated to 2014, 9 years ago, or were not dated. I clicked on links to join petitions, but the links had expired. While dry serious injuries occurred, this problem appears to have mostly disappeared--at least with Apple.

@Dystopikachu

6 ай бұрын

It would be basically be up to Foxconn to make that happen, they still make PCBs for Apple as far as I know and because of their size they can be part of setting the standard for the whole industry.

@jamesmoy1214

6 ай бұрын

@@Dystopikachuso it’s Apple that doesn’t care about the workers. They’re making these in Mexico and India now so go blame the governments there

@buildmotosykletist1987

6 ай бұрын

"Final assembly" does not mean they don't use it. You are almost certainly a CCP shill.

hard to see on my chinese Laptop (Lenovo) and to understand... what i can do is to take care of and dont buy a new one...

I love these documentaries but it really would be helpful if you could dub them ....

But the world doesn't care...just as long as they get their latest model iPhone!

@christisking7778

6 ай бұрын

Sounds like a good idea to thoroughly clean any new devices if you get them. Probably still covered in chemicals..

bravo

it b nice if there is an voice over. great story. best wishes to the good chinese people 🙏

Well this ends my addiction to cheap Chinese electronics. I won't look at my drone swarm the same way ever again. I will just see some poor sleep deprived girl soldering it together with no ventilation. CCP, please do better.

@ROBBER011

6 ай бұрын

Is this news for all u people? Why do you think it's cheap. Everything is cheaper in Kina becasce the safety and substances they use are only they u are using.

@tylerwertman1720

6 ай бұрын

At least you didn't get a cheap chinese Fentanyl addiction. Those are a little harder to kick

@user-pg1dj3gz1e

6 ай бұрын

​@@ROBBER011😊

@Dynamatrix1973

6 ай бұрын

Chinese electronics isn't cheap. China makes excellent tv's for sure. (TCL, Hisense, Vizio etc.)

@phillip76

6 ай бұрын

If you don 't buy it from China, you would be buying it from somewhere else. I think the samething would happen. Please don 't buy anything, ok?

By now most (maybe even all) of these poisoned workers portrayed in the documentary may have died already. I wonder if the working conditions have improved since then and what they are like right now. Have the rights of the workers improved? I can imagine these companies will no longer allow reporters to film their production lines...

With the change in rotation of society do you think there will continue places of acceptance to some people's way and willing to want to live their way

😮😮Question: How can we the viewers of this documentary give financial support to the workers in China who are fighting this fight?

@richardfife8192

6 ай бұрын

Impossible

@hamzak7261

6 ай бұрын

Perhaps you can Google and try to find some groups

@johndewey6358

6 ай бұрын

I think if we do, the Chinese government may accuse the workers be paid agents of a foreign government. That is how the Russian government interpret things.

@bin.s.s.

6 ай бұрын

It was 20 years ago, in 2004.

@bin.s.s.

6 ай бұрын

Figured it out here 14:17

Toluene is used now instead of the benzene on most countries, it is much much less cancerogenic. Benzene is oxidized to phenol in human body . witch is very toxic. Toluene oxidized to benzoic acid, that is not toxic.

Such brave warriors in seek of the truth and corrective action within a dictatorial nation. The Chinese people at large deserve a much improved say in their collective destiny. Heart-wrenching narratives from so many real people in this documentary.

It is the greed of humankind that lead to one country producing 90% of the world electronics, obsessed with profits at the lowest possible costs.

These poor angels❤❤❤

Best documentaries you have the mind opening documentaries, except one thing, too much subtittles. Find some good english narrator & improve your documentaries.

Lease we know it is changing but they included the number of their consumers as well.

What a disgrace, I will think twice before purchasing these devices. Let the workers live naturally with dignity. This is atrocious

I feel devistated how could I believe I was better off and sooo shortsighted without considering the consequenses.😢😮

@jamesmoy1214

6 ай бұрын

Stop buying Apple phones then

@RosaLeeJean

6 ай бұрын

​​@@jamesmoy1214Never had a applephone,but other electronics

also check out the high cost of low price, a real shame china is still doing this, been like this since as far back as I can remember

Same to saamsung and apple. What different? All need cheap workers

This is the price the workers pay for your cheap TV

In low income classes countries? 😂 bosses make 1 dollar? Workers make 1 cent.

Apple you nail it .Big time !

The fumes in the air are just terrible for them. They dont care about fans and windows they are to cheap with the power. Soder and all kinds of glues.

😢

How am I supposed to watch this AND work when it’s in mandarin smfh

Benzene exposure? Thats terrible....

now do Taiwan and South Korea. Capitalists must be sued and jailed for this.

What you see in technologies world is nothing compare to those Foods and Drinks industries all around Asia. 😂 wanna talk about those foods products? Coffee? Tea? Nuts? Fruits?

Wait a second you mean to tell me that samsung is not an american company???

@michaelquinones-lx6ks

6 ай бұрын

It's Korean.

@357_SWAGNUM_MAGA_X

6 ай бұрын

lol no

@Dynamatrix1973

6 ай бұрын

Korean

@kayboy6055

6 ай бұрын

Just ick to think you think youre the center of the universe.

😭❤

The cost of rapid growth is at the expense of its workers This is deluxe compared to what many in the industrial revolution faced, or even what many faced in factories 60-70 years ago. Also amazing how far China has come from the 'Great Leap Forward' period where millions died

@justsomeguyinnc473

5 ай бұрын

Don't make the mistake of thinking these cities (and factories) represent the average Chinese experience. The truth is, the majority of the populace live in poverty.

The woman disabled by banned industrtrial solvents aren't useless as they've depreciated themselves. They are victims of a primitive and corrupt industrial culture and they should be properly compensated by all the companies involved in the manufacturing process.

Someone must be forced to do what is right. I.e international effort is the only tool here

This is kinda old...

I couldn't bear to watch it beyond 15 minutes. What happened to the thousands of years of Chinese civilization that all humans have grown to admire? Foxconn is a Chinese (Taiwanese) company too. How can humans treat other humans this way? Teenagers' lives ruined for the benefit of a few?

I'd like to watch this, but I can't listen to spoken Chinese--it hurts my ears.

ugly side of urban and capitalisic system ig

Σίγουρα θα βοηθήσει να αυξηθεί το κοινό σας σε μεγάλο βαθμό αν φροντίσετε να βάλετε υπότιτλους σε πολλές γλώσσες για να βοηθήσει αυτούς που δεν γνωρίζουν καλά την αγγλική γλώσσα. Φυσικά και την ελληνική γλώσσα που ενδιαφέρει εμένα προσωπικά. Χαιρετίσματα από την Αθήνα πρωτεύουσα της Ελλάδας.

I sure do wish these were available with spoken English!

Please ,subtitles translate english audio

n-hexane, bad. Bad. Sad overall.

There are too many fancy videos about China on KZread. A shiny place requires a lot of cheap labor to maintain it. This is how the world works, the majority are enslaved by the minority, sadly.

All the sheeple eho just must have that new I phone 3 times a year! Then go preach to everyone about the climate!

I don't buy apple products ever since the IPhone 6 I had broke down. NO MORE APPLE PHONES

@33:50 - 33:55 sorry, this clip is in HK

China is the strangest "socialist" country that has ever existed. Part of the reason it's lasted so long and has done so well is because, unlike the USSR, Cuba, and others, it poses absolutely zero threat to capitalism and the global elites. The world's rich had something to worry about when the USSR was around. The ruling class of the US in particular still lives in fear of Cuba's influence spreading to the rest of the Americas. But the only threat China poses is that they'll do capitalism better than the west.

@san209nha9

6 ай бұрын

In 2016 President Obama opened the relation and visited Cuba. Trump closed the door because he wanted to get more votes from the anti-communist Cuban Immigrants in Florida. Biden tried to open again but the Cuban government screwed it up , they fully supported Russia in the invasion of Ukraine. They are the one to claim.

You need to tell people when it happened. Now we know this was 2004, here 14:17.

Every comment is sad, but everybody continues to buy stuff coming from those factories..... Wo who is guilty ?

voice it over

ഇവിടെ മലയാളികളുണ്ടോ🙄

BD loves china

@Dynamatrix1973

6 ай бұрын

Enough with the politics.

If they wipe the phone screens with those products, then contain them in a packaging, and all we do is unbox them as is. Doesn't that directly expose the buyer as well???!! Is there any toxicologist here that can shed some light on my question? Because it's of a genuine concern after seeing this documentary. Also, I hope and pray for the safety of the documentarists getting them involved in such exposing documentaries. This is serious work, and we commend you.

@johnrhodes3350

6 ай бұрын

To answer your question.. No it is not dangerous to open a smartphone 'Box' Those chemicals are solvents used to clean any greasy fingerprints off the screen. They are chosen specifically because they evaporate very fast. So it is wiped on with a wet cloth, and almost instantly evaporates and it can quickly be seen if the screen is clean or not. Once evaporated it will blow away with any breeze, and the components are then transported to the main factory for assembly. So it has plenty of time to air out before reaching you. Only if you breathe in quite a lot of strong vapours will it cause Leukaemia a cancer of the white blood cells. I know this because my friend used to manufacture old fashioned steel toolboxes. They were dipped in paint. The paint had a thinner solvent called Xylene mixed into it. But the xylene had a permissible contamination of 0.02% Benzine. Sadly the fumes were so thick and Benzine such a powerful carcinogen, my friend got Leukaemia and was in hospital for months. The toolbox were safe to use when the paint has dried. Just don't work in the factory and breath the fumes. I used to work in an automotive parts factory. We maid car seats. The polyurethane foam pads, under the cloth that you sit on, was made using TDI Toluene diisocyanate At low concentration over a long time it can cause asthma respiratory disease. But at higher concentration it is very poisonous and can kill. There were air quality testing machines constantly sniffing the air. If the background concentration went over 5 parts per million or peaked at 20 ppm. Then an alarm would sound and we would have to evacuate the building. If that was a fire where the chemicals were stored. Then officially there was supposed to be an evacuation of 25 kilometres around the factory. I doubt that would actually happen because it was populace area. Hundreds of thousands of people would have to get out of town.

The USA also rose economically through slavery. China will overtake the USA not only in the economy, but also in the standard of living. For this, China still needs approx. 15-20 years.

@san209nha9

6 ай бұрын

I have never seen any communist country to care for their ordinary people. They just talk, and Communist Party always goes first.

This is the price we paid, now Huawei oppo Xiaomi are moving up the food chain… meaning more value added to our own economy, workers are getting better pay and better working conditions nowadays…

It all happens in the dark, where the eye can't see. But now cameras and the internet bring light into this world. One might say this could change some things, but I doubt it. In the dark, where thoughts can't reach, has happened so much. And people try to be blind to it on purpose, as they can't handle the pain. But in the dark there are horrors unfolding every minute. Not only in the present, but in the past and in the future. People took up arms and fought so many times when they have seen. And often they complied silently. The modern age is different from what there ever was before on the one hand, but on the other it's still the same old story of "humanity" that we write. Greed, pride, violence, treachery ... all the evils, all the true sins. It's biblical. Our tale is old. We have not changed. It's only that our technology has changed. Are we ready to pay the price? It will cost us dearly.

@neverrl3379

4 ай бұрын

I hope you are ready my friends.

Film sponsored by the anti-China US government 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

india is worce

In low income classes countries? 😂 bosses make 1 dollar? Workers make 1 cent. Why? Because bosses need to buy houses in First World countries 😂

This is what happens when people think communism makes people into farmers. No communism makes people sell themselves for not very much. Now with this documentary. Would you rather be a poor rural farmer with acres of private land. Or live like a stressed out fish in a city where youre never going to be a big fish. Its asinine.

Why do you think that in the western world there are no poisonings of workers or accidents during work....in china the numbers are higher just because they are 1.5 bilion people there and accidents are logicly more.......also as you mentioned there is a big concentracion of all kind of factories there and some of wich with dangerous processes

@johnrhodes3350

6 ай бұрын

Bullshit

I didn’t come to KZread to read

now 2023 foxconn is done bye bye

oh