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Taiwan tensions fuel Foxconn's bad rep

GUANGZHOU, China -- Foxconn is in the media spotlight again over an allegation of slave labor conditions at its factories on the Chinese mainland, but this may be more of a smear arising from China's ill will toward Taiwan.

     In 2010, the Taiwanese electronics manufacturing service company was condemned worldwide after news reports that workers at its Chinese factories had been forced to work such long hours that more than 10 people committed suicide.

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