Foxconn In India: Neighbour’s Pride, No One’s Envy!
The Morning Brief
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The Human Cost of Our Digital Future
Dr. Jenny Chan, Dr. Satya Gupta and Arjun Malhotra give us all the details on Foxconn in India. The sprawling Zhangzhou plant of Foxconn is spread over 1.4 million square meters. It boasts everything from dormitories to restaurants, basketball courts and a football pitch for its 2 to 4 lakh employees who produce an astounding 5 lakh iPhones in a day. How does this fit into India's electronics manufacturing ambitions? What are some stumbling blocks that we really need to address to use the China plus one strategy to our advantage? But most importantly, what is the human cost of our digital future?
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