From Naked Capitalism --- The Real Deal with SmartPhones and Chinese "Competitiveness"

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Know anybody who still thinks Steve Jobs is a god, or even a near-decent human being? Who doesn’t understand what’s meant by “Chinese competitiveness” in attracting iPhone and other computer & smartphone assembly business? Who doesn’t believe their favorite gadgets are assembled in near-slave conditions?

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I trust this is the link?

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