The point is that China and many developing countries do have local rules. More buyers should at least insist that their contractors adhere to them. It claims that employees work only seven hours on weekdays and thus the inclusion of a five-hour shift on Saturday meets the definition. In truth, workers put in more hours, and we'd guess more than the legal monthly maximum of 36 hours of overtime. Though we find the argument of U.S. labour groups disingenuous and protectionist, we have as little sympathy for those who say that cracking down harshly on Chinese firms risks closing them down, putting people out of work.
China simply is too cheap for companies to consider sourcing low-end manufacturing elsewhere.
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