In his latest post, Stephen Frost pulls a fast one on his readers:
Whoops. He doesn't look Chinese!
No, he's not Chinese. He's actually an Australian working at an electroplating facility in Australia. And the three shots above were all taken in Australia. Did you think they were photos of Chinese factories?
The Chinese electroplating facility is nowhere near as bad.
This story illustrates both the idea that foreign investment and the desire to modernize will improve working conditions in developing countries independent of government oversight, and the silliness of propping up dying industries in countries with changing economic structures.