I think it was Mick who posted a thread about Chinese workers and Dell products a couple of years back. I remember seeing a special, can't remember if it was on MSNBC or PBS, which showed workers who lived at the in dormitories at the factories and led very restrictive lives. It was bizarre.

"Wherever you work has pressure," said a uniformed young man who asked not to be named. "The high compensation package may have made them do it," he added, referring to reported payouts to victims' families of many times an average worker's annual wage. from HERE.