Anyone watching Ted Koppel's special on the american-chinese relationship?

[charlie and algernon]

it's on the discovery channel now.

It's disgusting, talking about how Apple, Wal-mart, Briggs and Stration, and others have all moved to China to take advantage of the cheap labor. Apple makes $80 per Ipod, the company in China that actually builds the Ipod, makes a $4 profit per Ipod. A Quality Assurance inspector in the US makes $20/hour inspecting couches, a QA inspector in China makes $20 a WEEK. It's absolutely a lose-lose situation though for all workers of course, as more and more workers in China take a deeper paycut, more and more American companies are moving to China, so more and more workers in the US are losing their job. Absolutely disgusting.

[tridim]

1. Yes, but it's Ted Koppel

This program is much more scary to view now than it was when it first aired.

[charlie and algernon]

2. duh, oops

this is what happens when you type before you think. And yes, it's very scary given the current new economic crisis.

[charlie and algernon]

3. Part 2 is starting now