Chinese Students Say They Are Being Forced To Build Your Next iPhone

pigrabbitbear writes "Now that Apple is putting the finishing touches on the most anticipated smartphone in history, Chinese students are again being pressed into service on the factory line inside the largest single internship program in the world. This according to two separate stories in the Chinese press. A report today in the Shanghai Daily says that hundreds of students in the city of Huai'an were forced to help fulfill iPhone 5 orders starting last Thursday. Classes in town had allegedly been interrupted as a result, since the two-month long internships would fulfill the students' need to 'experience working conditions.'"

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Re:The most anticipated smartphone, huh

[BMOC]

Based on Pew Research studies and calibrated anticipation meters around the world.

What is the global SI-standard for anticipation you say? Well, it's measured in Daikatanas...

Re:Well, I was forced to serve them hamburgers

[ackthpt]

...so it evens out in college.

//never actually worked in the food service industry ///maybe a small regret in my life

Sure, but 'Internship' doesn't necessarily mean they get pay, they just get credit. In college I was paid for my programming efforts (also got to use a little of it for credit :)

... and on my résumé, you can see I majored in slave labor ...