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China's Coupon Era

It has been a tough year so far for Foxconn. With 12 employee suicides and the latest news of significant first half losses, 2009 is shaping up to be a year the company would likely want to forget. Hoping to leave this past behind, the company now has plans to shift its coastal operations inland. BON’s Kelda Yuen has more on Foxconn’s next move and what the decision means for the company and its workers.

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Dead Panda Investigation
"Direct Line" To Top Leaders
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Geely To Sell Cars Online
Provincial Sex Education
Ku6 Signs Movie Rights

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Singing In The Rain
U.S. Role In China-Japan Row
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Norway Warned Over Peace Prize
No Voice Of Reason
Chinese Iphone Panned

The city of Shenzhen in southern China is one of China's key centers for light manufacturing. It's in this city, just across the border from Hong Kong, that major high-tech companies, both Chinese and foreign, manufacture the electronic products that consumers the world over clamor for. But in recent months the city's biggest employer has hit the headlines for quite another reason - the disturbing number of suicides amongst its young workforce.