As a labor watchdog group recently published an even broader report about Samsung and alleged labor violations in Chinese facilities connected to the South Korean tech giant, Samsung has reacted reiterating its earlier statement that it will conduct a broader inspection of its plants in the country.
China Labor Watch this week published another report about Samsung alleging that labor violations are not only contained to the facilities of one of its suppliers.
The group says that they found …

After Samsung landed in hot water last month for a report that alleged labor violations at a Chinese facility connected to it, the same group which published  the earlier report is saying that Samsung labor violations in China is more widespread.
According to China Labor Watch, they discovered questionable working practices at eight Samsung “directly-operated and supplier factories throughout China”.
Last month, the New York-based group published a report that alleged that HEG, a company …

University students in China are saying that they are being forced to work at factories owned by Apple partner Foxconn as the imminent launch of the iPhone 5 has caused a shortage in workers working on the device.
According to the Shanghai Daily, various posts on the internet from individuals believed to be university students tell of widespread forcing of students to work at Foxconn factories.

Here is a little background on the topic and the major takeaways from the various posts the …

Remember the iPhone 5 clone called the GooPhone i5? It might do more harm to the iPhone 5 than just clone its looks.
According to a report, the maker of the iPhone 5 clone has patented the design of the GooPhone i5 in China.
What’s more, GizChina suggests that if the iPhone 5 does look like the GooPhone i5, the maker of the iPhone 5 clone may have the legal basis to stop the sales of the latest Apple smartphone in China once it launches.

Those of you who do not know the GooPhone i5, it is …

Samsung has announced that its check of a contract factory in China accused of using child labor has resulted in the company verifying that all workers at the facility are of legal age.
The information comes from Samsung through its Samsung Tomorrow site which says that the consumer electronics giant conducted the audit for the month of August.
Last month, Samsung was accused in a report by China Labor Watch of using child labor at one of its facilities. The facility in question is an HEG …

Samsung has vowed to investigate accusations that it is using child labor at its Chinese factories.
The South Korean tech giant was accused by the watchdog group China Labor Watch of employing workers who are as young as 14 in facilities in

Apple has released its latest iPad tablet in China after resolving a legal proceeding over the name ‘iPad’ and demanding customers to advance orders for crowd control. However, the Cupertino-based tech giant did not need one after all.
Under the surveillance of a few security guards, a couple dozen iPad buyers queued up at the front of Apple stores in Beijing and Shanghai after they opened at 8 AM Friday. The small number of customers who lined up was far from January’s chaotic setting …

Mobile internet has caught up with web access through desktop computers, a Chinese study reveals.
According to the China Internet Network Information Center, 538 million people in China, or around 40 per cent of its citizens, now access the Internet through smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktop computers, or in some other form.
The research found that mobile internet usage, which means using a mobile device to access the web, increased by 22 percent from last year, with 388 million Chinese …

Chinese suppliers of Apple, the world’s most market-capitalized company, are still breaking labors laws, a New York-based labor rights group has said in a newly-released report.
According to the China Labor Watch, 10 Apple suppliers in China are still breaking labor laws with offenses including unsafe work conditions and disproportionate overtime.
“This investigation of 10 different Apple factories in China finds that harmful, damaging work environments characterized by illegally long hours …

HTC will not be tempted into selling cheap smartphones even though the company is in a tough fight with smartphone heavyweights like Samsung and Apple.
The remark comes from HTC Chief Executive Officer Peter Chou in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
The remarks have been made by the chief executive even though one of the emerging markets HTC has recorded biggest growth in is China. China has an appetite for high-end smartphones as well as lower-end and affordable smartphones. …