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[-] derpgon@programming.dev 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Also labor price is unmatched. Nobody would work for the wage they give to children in China, so you can't really go that much cheaper while not sacrificing safety.

Not saying Chinese cars are that well made.

[-] alekwithak@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Like we don't have child labor here in the good ol' USA.

[-] Flagg76@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Very few children work in china right now, Chinese workers even have 5 days of vacation a year by law.

That's 5 more than the US....

There were probably more children working on farms in the US than in china, and I remember something about Florida wanting to reinstate child labour again?

[-] fergrg@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

Yes, there may not be child labor. But in places we cannot see, there are still black industry chains. A brick factory was exposed some time ago. They let some people with low IQ or disabilities work. They were not given masks, and the air was full of dust. They may work more than ten hours a day or even more. What is the difference between this and slavery? I just want to give this example to illustrate that there are still many black-hearted factories in society, and there is also the possibility of employing child labor. In China, young people who have not studied will choose to work in factories, but they must be at least 16 years old. If they are younger, they will not be hired. Back to the issue of BYD, although we are proud that it can be recognized by the world as a Chinese brand, and many people in China also buy it. But recently there have been some news that they blindly work overtime within the company, and have meetings after get off work, etc. Someone exposed the chat records within the company. We are all ordinary people. We just want to fight for our rights. Even if it is a big company, as long as it exploits people, we must oppose it.

[-] Flagg76@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yes but they are trying to better themselves, it's a slow process, but there is progress. And they came a long way since the 70's.

Countries like America are going backwards. At this rate the USA is a worse country for the working class than China in 20 years, if not already.

[-] radioactivefunguy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

But recently there have been some news that they blindly work overtime within the company, and have meetings after get off work, etc.

Lol, managers are Tesla are contracted for 80hr work weeks...

Even if it is a big company, as long as it exploits people, we must oppose it.

Agreed! Fuck em all!

[-] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This is the slavery they are refrencing i think.

BYD did get caught using slave labor.

https://apnews.com/article/brazil-slave-labor-china-car-factory-byd-991c5670eefdd564fd465648b77b3869

[-] Dearth@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

China has compulsory education for children just like America. There's no child labor in China.

They pay adult workers less in China, but these yuan has 7x buying power than the dollar in China

[-] derpgon@programming.dev 0 points 1 week ago

That's what Chinese propagandists want you to think, there are way more people living in (borderline) poverty (per capita) than in the US.

Social media is being fed with a slice of mainland China, but anything beyond that is people struggling to keep ends meet.

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 0 points 1 week ago

They're being pretty ruthless about grabbing all the world's resources to make them as well.

[-] Flagg76@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

No the rest of the world has been sleeping when China silently bought all the mines and harbors in the past decades.

[-] iridebikes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

If our CEOs and business leaders are supposedly the world's best, why didn't they spent their capital shutting China down instead of their lavish lifestyles and payouts for their wealthy stockholders? I guess they aren't as good at running businesses as they claim to be.

[-] Honytawk@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago

China is performing a new colonialism. Exploiting poor countries for their cheap resources.

While the rest of the world is trying to steer away from it because it is so horrible. So please, don't praise China for it.

[-] Flagg76@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

You don't understand colonialism much. They aren't taking anything by force like the rest of the west did for centuries.

They are doing business, there is a difference.

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