Thousands Line Up For Foxconn’s Jobs in Zhengzhou (video)

By Chris Chang, posted January 30, 2012 at 9:03 PM, 8,592 views

On the 30th of January, thousands of hopefuls stood for hours outside a labor agency located in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, the largest city of Henan province in north-central China. The lines stretched more than 200 meters along the road, and the people who were waiting in line with their applications just hope to get a job at Foxconn, as the electronics contracting giant ramps up its iPhone production at Zhengzhou plant …

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This Is How China Turns Your Old Christmas Tree Lights Into Slippers (video)

By Chris Chang, posted December 27, 2011 at 2:06 PM, 1,179 views

Who would have thought Christmas lights could be recycled into slippers? Well, a factory in China has figured out how to do that with its own innovated technologies to capitalize and find new life in our seasonal decorations. Watch the video after the break to see how the factory recycles old, unwanted Christmas tree lights that Americans throw away every year.

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Apple Supplier Pegatron Factory Explodes, May Affect iPad 2 Supply (video)

By Chris Chang, posted December 19, 2011 at 1:58 AM, 792 views

Before the year of 2011 ends, another Chinese plant explodes and according to Reuters, the explosion had injured 61 workers, and caused “some” damage to the plant’s machinery for producing iPad 2 back panels.

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Foxconn’s Plan for 2012: More Robots, No Layoffs, No Suicides, New Factories

By Chris Chang, posted November 22, 2011 at 6:55 AM, 2,046 views

As 2011 grows closer to conclusion, Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer which assembles products for Apple, Sony and Nokia, has big plans for 2012. The company aims to build more plants in inland regions to reduce labor costs, and most interestingly, 300,000 robots will be added to the assembly line but will not lay-off any workers according to comments made by founder and chairman Terry Gou.

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Workers in Nokia China Factory Look Happy

By Chris Chang, posted November 14, 2011 at 3:00 PM, 702 views

Nokia has begun shipping its N9 smartphone model to Chinese users, which is based on the MeeGo open platform. The company has posted a few photos on their China blog, showing their Chinese workers examining the N9 and shipping out the phones. We can see people in the factories look both real and happy.

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HTC Thinks “Low-Priced” Phone Equals To “Low-Quality” Product

By Herman Lai, posted November 2, 2011 at 2:01 PM, 496 views

In prior, there was report about HTC Chairwoman said the company will launch a low-cost smartphone which would price at under $100 USD in an effort to expand its market share. However, it had immediately rubbed off by the HTC Chief Financial Officer during a conference call with all investors.

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Nikon Mirrorless Cameras Are Made in China

By Chris Chang, posted October 27, 2011 at 5:09 PM, 7,945 views

Two things. One, we love micro four thirds but we aren’t impressed by the new Nikon mirrorless cameras — the V1 and J1 . Two, here’s an in-depth look at the Chinese factory that makes Nikon’s mirrorless cameras.

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Crazy Chinese Lady, Her motion Like Fast-Forwarded (Video)

By Herman Lai, posted October 26, 2011 at 10:15 AM, 2,748 views

People from China are born with extremely high-productivity somehow, we had seen a couple of them previously already and all of them give us a shock, such as the TRUE iron man who ironed clothes like performing Kung Fu, the crazy factory worker who pack stuffs like machine and also the world’s most agile dish cleaner. Today, we have got another crazy Asian woman who worked in a cake shop and we were astonished after we watched it…

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Apple’s MacBook Casing Supplier Shuts Down Factory in China [UPDATE]

By Chris Chang, posted October 18, 2011 at 6:49 PM, 703 views

The MacBook you are using right now, is machined from a single piece of aluminum, an engineering breakthrough that replaced many parts with just one. It’s called the unibody. And this unibody aluminum casing is made by a Taiwanese company, Catcher Technology, that has factories in mainland China. Recently, the company needs to close down a factory in eastern China due to complaints of a “strange odor” coming from the building. The smell was so bad it was bothering neighbors near the factory. And since Catcher is Apple’s MacBook casing supplier, the Chinese factory shutdown may affect Apple MacBook supplies.

UPDATE: Catcher hoping to reopen the plant in November, planning to spend US$2-3 million to modify equipment and manufacturing processes.

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Foxconn Worker: I hope to become a boss

By Chris Chang, posted October 7, 2011 at 5:53 PM, 4,620 views

Everyone has their own dream. A Foxconn worker’s dream is to become a boss someday. Here’s a must-watch documentary created by three Italian journalists — it’s really touching to watch the Foxconn employee interviews.

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