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  1. I work at FoxConn by tiggles · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Judging The Apple 'Sweatshop' Charge

    I teach English at FoxConn Beijing, I actually used this article in my class today.

    The kids I teach are mostly engineers and marketoids in their early 20s who work 10 hour days for 2000 RMB (135 pounds or 250 USD). They don't believe this article because the minimum wage in Beijing is 600 RMB a month (40 pounds... why does this have to be in pounds).

    I have a list of how much things cost in China, but I'd estimate a 330 RMB/month lifestyle (after rent) has a 128meg MP3 player and eats meat almost every day (a frozen chicken breast is 20 cents, and I live in the city).

    Oh, they also think "women are more honest" means honest as in diligent and steady workers, nothing to do with stealing like I thought.

    My students all tell me they work 8 hour days, so I surveyed the class, the average working day yesterday was 10 hours + 1 for lunch. They were as shocked at the idea of a paid lunch as anything you read in this article.

    Unfortunately it seems I don't have enough pull to get to visit this factory when I'm down there in a few months, which is a shame, I really wanted to see a 200000 man factory.

  2. Re:How much is how much? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Chinese Company Produces $150 Linux PC

    There's a pretty good list of Chinese prices here:
    http://www.daveschina.com/dave/articles/china/what DoThingsCostInChina
    it has apples through marijuana.

  3. My short (but growing) list of co-operative games by tiggles · · Score: 1 · on Two-Player Games for Mixed Skill Level Players?

    I love co-operative games, I'm making a list of them, especially ones that are free or don't need installation.:
    http://www.daveschina.com/dave/articles/games/mult iplayerGames

    It's a mess in progress, but there should be some new ones for a lot of people

  4. Re:my take? (learning Chinese) by tiggles · · Score: 1 · on Is The U.S. Becoming Anti-Science?

    Ok, I know you weren't serious, and now half your replies are about learning Chinese.

    I made these flash cards to help me learn to read & write common words:

    Speaking is a lost cause, most Chinese don't travel much and their accents are thick.

    Uh... so I don't get modded off topic. I am strongly in favour of science.

  5. Re:website marketing by tiggles · · Score: 1 · on Is There a Future for Indie Games?

    Aw crap, I think I'm too late for a post plugging my game (quick free airplane shooter).

  6. You're welcome by tiggles · · Score: 1 · on More Students Prefer Interdisciplinary to CS

    I'd just like to take a little credit for all the work I and other English Teachers over here (in China) did in making sure that nobody here learns anything (at least in the fields that we controlled).

    I seriously just graduated a class of 200 students, 150 of show would lose at Jeaopardy to pond mold :)

  7. I have a few NES knockoffs by tiggles · · Score: 1 · on Retro Gaming Gains A Savior?

    That's pretty pricey, considering the last NES knock-off I bought for 25 RMB (roughly 3 USD).

    Of course I live in China, and one of them was dead on arrival (or they gave me the wrong power cord, I don't know).. and they didn't have wireless. But the girlfriend and I still logged many dozens of hours on Adventure Island 4 and Dr Mario (both on multigame carts that cost 4 RMB or 50 cents).

    If these prove popular, maybe I'll start offering to send people grey-market NES clones from China.

    Shameless plug: if you want a job teaching English in China: daveschina.com