Wednesday, February 29, 2012

In China, Human Costs Are Built Into An Ipad

An explosion ripped through Building A5 on a Friday evening last May . The explosion came from the area where employees polished thousands of iPad cases a day.  Two people were killed instantly and over a dozen people are hurt.Out of all the injured people , one body stood out because his features had been smeared by the explosion , scrubbed by heat and violence until a mat of red and black had replaced his mouth and nose. this person was Lai Xiaodong. six months earlier ,  Lai who was 22 years old had moved to Chengdu, in southwest China to become one of millions of human cogs powering the largest fastest and most cultivated manufacturing system on earth. That specific system has made it possible for apple and hundreds of  other companies to build soft wares quickly. in the last decade , apple became one of the mightiest , richest, and most successful companies in the world. apple and is high technology peers as well as dozens of other American industries have achieved a pace of innovation nearly unmatched in modern history.The workers assembling iPhones , iPads and other devices often devices often labor in harsh conditions according to employees inside those plants, worker advocates and documents published by companies themselves.

That is a abosolutly sad story . another life is waisted. Lai was going to be something in life and he died in a tragical incident. i honestly did want to see how his invention was going to be . althought Apple is doing too much for theirselves . having incidents like that is outragest. Apple is a very good company but i think they should take a break on things . i do enjoy alot of Apple products . Everytime i hear about something new it always have something to do with Apple. i just think Apple should take a break , and let people enjoy their products , and then start to make new inventions.

1 comment:

  1. Karina,

    The first half of the post is copied directly from the article. You must use your own words to talk about it.

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