Chinese workers struggling to assemble iPhones as consumers queue up to buy newest models, says Jenny Chan of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University at Institute of Chinese Studies webinar. PIA KRISHNANKUTTY 10 February, 2022 links to the Full Website: . https://theprint.in/world/rural-chinas-youth-struggling-in-foxconn-iphone-factories-govt-slow-to-act-says-sociologist/826881/
Category Archives: Media Interviews
Dr Jenny Chan challenges China’s 996 culture
Women Empowered: Jenny Chan is Challenging China’s 996 Culture 8 Nov 2021 Let’s start with the basics: What is China’s 996 culture? ‘996’ is a reference to the expected work schedule in many Chinese tech and internet companies—employees arrive at 9 am and work until 9 pm, 6 days a week. Dr. Jenny Chan isContinue reading “Dr Jenny Chan challenges China’s 996 culture”
On Contact: Dying for an iPhone
On Contact: Dying for an iPhone 13 June 2021 (total run time: 28:51) Interviewer: Chris Hedges Interviewee: Dr Jeny Chan On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Professor Jenny Chan about the people in China who make iPhones, iPads and Kindles, driving the huge profits of two of the world’s most powerful companiesContinue reading “On Contact: Dying for an iPhone”
“Dying for an iPhone: Labor Exploitation, Migration and Strikes in China” [Morir por un iPhone: explotación laboral, migraciones y huelgas en China],
Dr Jenny Chan interviewed by Josefina L. Martínez for Izquierda Diario.es, 13 September 2020. The rise of the iPhone as a global commodity is inseparable from the story about Steve Jobs as a greatentrepreneur who transformed a small garage company… Link in Spanish: http://www.izquierdadiario.es/Morir-por-un-iPhone-explotacion-laboral-migraciones-yhuelgas-en-China Link in English: http://www.izquierdadiario.es/Morir-por-un-iPhone-explotacion-laboral-migraciones-y-huelgasen-China
“Reimaging Workers’ Education to Transform the World”
United Association for Labor Education (UALE) Conference,May 24-27, 2021 Professor Mark Selden presented Dying for an iPhone: Apple, Foxconn and the Lives of Chinese Workers Link : https://uale.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-REVISED-Final-Program-4.pdf
Chris Hedges: “Dying for an iPhone”
The suffering of the working class, within and outside the United States, is ignored by our corporatized media, and yet, it is one of the most important human rights issues of our era. By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost, 31 May 2021 Link : https://scheerpost.com/2021/05/31/chris-hedges-dying-for-an-iphone/
Counting the human cost of affordable electronics
By Steven Crook / Contributing reporter，2 June 2021. Twelve-hour shifts, compulsory overtime and one day off a month are among the practices employed at some China-based factories of Taiwan’s tech giants Below show the content of the interview. Link： “Counting the Human Cost of Affordable Electronics,
“Raising the Bar for Taiwan’s Supply Chains,”
12 May 2021 By Steven Crook Taiwan Business TOPICS (The American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan) “Apple has had one eye open and one eye closed,” says Jenny Chan, an assistant professor of sociology at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. “Also, Apple is not alone in causing such problems. We seek to open the big black boxContinue reading ““Raising the Bar for Taiwan’s Supply Chains,””
Dying for an iPhone 