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Did Your iPhone Kill 17 People? Gizmodo’s Joel Johnson Went to China to Find Out

By Casey Chan Published March 1, 2011, 1:00 pm ET

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Gizmodo’s Joel Johnson went to the Foxconn plant in China, home of 17 suicides, to find out just what the hell is going on over there. Turns out Foxconn is like a college campus and still one of the top places to work in the area. Read his whole report on Foxconn, China and our responsibility at Wired. [Wired]

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