I think it's hard to tell her age. She might as well be 25 by my judgement.she looks like shes 15
poor girl
but then again i think i would enjoy making iphones lol
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For the sake of the electronics it has to be a clean environment, but besides her smile we have no indication of the working conditions. The picture can't tell us if she is working 16 hour days for $1.
Look again, cowboy. The monitors clearly have the OS X menubar at the top of the screen.
I'll go out on a limb and say (assume) that most of the posters here are white men... It seems to me that most folks here have little familiarity with the China of today, being Chinese and especially Chinese girls/women.
That's ok - I would not expect non-Chinese folks generally to know much about Chinese. I am sure that the person who named her Kiko didn't realize just how unlikely that name would be for a Chinese girl, and that a great many Chinese people would find mild insult at that choice of name.
I also want to mention to all those who find her cute or otherwise attractive... There are so many Chinese girls in this world that it is extremely easy to find a cure for your Yellow Fever. Most Chinese girls look very youthful and petite compared to white women/girls. And, there are many of them looking to find a non-Asian, modern gentleman. (Hint: no crap about old world notion of gender roles or stupid Western fantasies concerning concubines or Geishas.)
Finally, I want to say that she looks ~ 20 y/o to me and that Shenzhen is a modern city.
EVP
PS I am Chinese (well, Chinese-American).
That's ok - I would not expect non-Chinese folks generally to know much about Chinese. I am sure that the person who named her Kiko didn't realize just how unlikely that name would be for a Chinese girl, and that a great many Chinese people would find mild insult at that choice of name.
I also want to mention to all those who find her cute or otherwise attractive... There are so many Chinese girls in this world that it is extremely easy to find a cure for your Yellow Fever. Most Chinese girls look very youthful and petite compared to white women/girls. And, there are many of them looking to find a non-Asian, modern gentleman. (Hint: no crap about old world notion of gender roles or stupid Western fantasies concerning concubines or Geishas.)
Finally, I want to say that she looks ~ 20 y/o to me and that Shenzhen is a modern city.
EVP
PS I am Chinese (well, Chinese-American).
Good post. I'll add that most Americans still think that all Chinese people get paid $0.01/day and are dirt poor. Hopefully the Olympics will help open their eyes.
I almost believe U..
Here is the same picture you said was taken with your iphone
http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/q4/071211b_pr.html
I got this picture with my new iPhone.
Here is the same picture you said was taken with your iphone
http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/q4/071211b_pr.html
Okay, so now we have this story for her:
She was adopted by a Japanese family after her birth parents had to give her up due to the Chinese 1 child law.They named her Kiko.
Growing up, she yearned to return to her homeland. And finally at the age of 20 (or 16 or 12
It turns out the person taking the photo of her was her real brother born to her birth parents, who was so happy he had to take a picture of his newly discovered sister.
After emailing the photos to himself, he forgot to erase them.
What a happy story.
I like that story. I can live with the story of kiko
kiko will not lose her job. She was in the picture, not the one taking it. Explain to me what she did wrong to lose her job? She can not control others actions
Darn right, she better not lose her job...She is cute and this gives a human side to the whole endeavor! She should be promoted and actually given a raise, and she should star in an iphone ad..no kidding!
The going rate for electronics assembly labor in China is about $4 an hour, and that's a pretty high paying job for millions of people away from the cities.
Girls are actually lucky to be alive to work, since million(s) are killed each year due to families wanting boys. (The government now realizes that decades of one-child families has led, among other things, to a huge shortage of women.)
Why we deal with China and India, the two largest female infanticide societies in the world, is beyond me.
Girls are actually lucky to be alive to work, since million(s) are killed each year due to families wanting boys. (The government now realizes that decades of one-child families has led, among other things, to a huge shortage of women.)
Why we deal with China and India, the two largest female infanticide societies in the world, is beyond me.
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Dude, totally! Was her number in the contacts? A whole new reason to get an iPhone!
Dude, totally! Was her number in the contacts? A whole new reason to get an iPhone!
Look the Name Kiko is the first name that popped into my head when I saw her picture. I did not look up if it was japanese or chinese. People today are to PC and need to take a chill pill. This is America land of the Free Speech. If you dont like what I had to say or in this case the name that I made up I am sorry. but we are in America. nuff said.
Look the Name Kiko is the first name that popped into my head when I saw her picture. I did not look up if it was japanese or chinese. People today are to PC and need to take a chill pill. This is America land of the Free Speech. If you dont like what I had to say or in this case the name that I made up I am sorry. but we are in America. nuff said.
Absolutely. America. Free to be racist and make ignorant comments. Calling this woman "Kiko" simply because she is Asian is not unlike calling someone "Jose" simply because he is hispanic or "Mohammed" because he is from the Middle East. This woman is Chinese. Not Japanese. Yes, her parents would have been free to name her anything they wanted but why would "Kiko" just pop into your head?
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