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The Forbidden City of Terry Gou

Posted by kdawson on from the not-made-in-newark dept.

ElvaWSJ writes "Hon Hai churns out iPhones and Wiis, and provides a window into China's secretive world of outsourcing and manufacturing. With a work force of some 270,000 — about as big as the population of Newark, N.J. — the factory is a bustling testament to the ambition of Hon Hai's founder, Terry Gou. In an era when manufacturing has been defined by outsourcing, no one has done more to shift global electronics production to China. Little noticed by the wider world, Mr. Gou has turned his company into China's biggest exporter and the world's biggest contract manufacturer of electronics."

2 of 253 comments (clear)

  1. Ah, if only by Stanistani · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can I roam amongst the endless rows of bins filled with our disposable electronic baubles? Please?

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  2. You go, Gou! by aapold · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now that Rupert Murdoch owns the WSJ, I would have expected headlines more in line with, say, the New York post.... you know, like....

    Don't have a Gou, man!

    Holy Gou!

    Gouabunga!

    Pass Gou, collect $200 (billion)

    Is that to Gou?

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