…“While they [gig migrant-workers] desperately search for something worthy of their labor time and effort, they don’t have access to basic social security benefits,” says Jenny Chan, an associate professor of sociology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. “It’s frustrating even when the local economy is slowly starting to revitalize.” Link to full content : https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1012368# belowContinue reading “Dr Jenny Chan speaks on gig manufacturing (Sixth Tone, by Peiyue Wu, 7 Mar 2023)”
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Jenny Chan interviewed by Viola Zhou for Rest of World in “‘iPhones are Made in Hell’: 3 Months Inside China’s iPhone City,” 31 Jan 2023
Jenny Chan, a sociologist with Hong Kong Polytechnic University who has been studying labor issues at Foxconn since 2010… “Foxconn never aims at having a stable workforce with roots, social relations, solidarity, or bargaining power….” Chan told Rest of World. “These workers will not have a promotion path or really share the prosperity in China.” URL: https://restofworld.org/2023/foxconn-iphone-factory-china/
Dr Jenny Chan interviewed for The Financial Times on Apple in China (by Patrick McGee)
Part I: The Financial Times, 17 Jan 2023 How Apple tied its fortunes to China (PDF1) Part II: The Financial Times, 18 Jan 2023 What it would take for Apple to disentangle itself from China (PDF2) Jenny Chan, co-author of Dying for an iPhone, which details the lives of Foxconn workers who assemble Apple products, points outContinue reading “Dr Jenny Chan interviewed for The Financial Times on Apple in China (by Patrick McGee)”
Les ombres chinoises de la Silicon Valley (In the “out of sight, out of mind” podcast series)
20 Dec 2022 Link to full content website : https://audioblog.arteradio.com/blog/191250/podcast/195383/les-ombres-chinoises-de-la-silicon-valley# Crédits : Voix : Noé Duflo Voix additionnelle : William Zhou Texte : Jenny Chan, Celia Izoard, « La machine est ton seigneur et ton maître », Editions Agone, 2022 Intitulé de l’épisode : repris de la postface de Célia Izoard Musique : MC光光 & 法老,Continue reading “Les ombres chinoises de la Silicon Valley (In the “out of sight, out of mind” podcast series)”
As COVID-19 Surges in China, Sick Foxconn Workers are Still Making iPhones
Rest of World (Reporting Global Tech Stories) 19 Dec 2022 By Viola Zhou Jenny Chan, a sociologist with Hong Kong Polytechnic University who has studied labor conditions at Foxconn, said that as Covid-19 cases surge at the Zhengzhou plant, management faces a challenge taking care of workers while trying to accelerate production. “The iPhone City hasContinue reading “As COVID-19 Surges in China, Sick Foxconn Workers are Still Making iPhones”
“Chine: ‘Je ne vois pas comment cet embrasement s’arrêterait’”[China: “I don’t see how this conflagration would stop”]
Dr Jenny Chan interviewed for Mediapart Dr Jenny Chan, associate professor of sociology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, engaged in an interview with Eric Sautedé for Mediapart (France) 29 Nov 2022 Il y a une semaine, les ouvriers de la plus grosse usine de production d’iPhone se révoltaient, ouvrant la voie à un mouvement de protestation dansContinue reading ““Chine: ‘Je ne vois pas comment cet embrasement s’arrêterait’”[China: “I don’t see how this conflagration would stop”]”
Cuando los trabajadores de iPhone no aguantan más, estallan las protestas y las huelgas: ENTREVISTA A JENNY CHAN
[When iPhone workers can’t take it anymore, protests and strikes break out: INTERVIEW WITH JENNY CHAN] Josefina L. Martínez La Izquierda Diario (Spain) 26 Nov 2022 Jenny Chan es investigadora y profesora de la Universidad Politécnica de Hong Kong, coautora del libro Dying for an iPhone. Conversamos con Chan, quien reside en Hong Kong, acerca del estallido de laContinue reading “Cuando los trabajadores de iPhone no aguantan más, estallan las protestas y las huelgas: ENTREVISTA A JENNY CHAN”
“De arbeider achter uw iPhone” [The Workers Behind your iPhone]
Stéphanie Romans De Tijd (Belgium), 25 Nov 2022 De coronabeperkingen maken het voor journalisten lastig om arbeiders te benaderen en hun verhalen naar buiten te brengen. Jenny Chan, associate professor and coauthor of Dying for an iPhone … Link to the website of the interview : https://www.tijd.be/politiek-economie/internationaal/azie/de-arbeider-achter-uw-iphone/10430554.html Full text download below :
De Chinese arbeiders pikken het niet langer [The Chinese workers don’t take it anymore]
25 Nov 2022 De Standaard Ruben Mooijman ( Photo above : Protests at Foxconn Zhengzhou @afp) ‘Door in opstand te komen tegen het management en de autoriteiten, riskeren de arbeiders detentie of gevangenisstraf’ Jenny Chan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University ….. Link to the report : https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20221124_98621777 Full text download below :
Foxconn offers $1,400 payout to quell protests at China iPhone plant
24 November 2022 Ryan McMorrow and Nian Liu in Beijing and Gloria Li in Hong Kong Financial Times “Foxconn promised big money — up to Rmb15,000 a month — to quickly recruit thousands of new workers, but it doesn’t seem to have materialised. That is why workers were so disappointed,” said Jenny Chan, a ChinaContinue reading “Foxconn offers $1,400 payout to quell protests at China iPhone plant”
Dying for an iPhone 