Some amusing comments on here - let me enlighten a few folks about the reality of Foxconn and the working conditions in China (particularly on Apple lines).
Firstly, Shenzhen, they work 12 hour shifts with 2 breaks, there is food places around all the factory areas. I've often walked down the line and seen workers half a sleep hand on cheek waiting for the next item come down the line. Then other times they are a hive of activity, however there is no supervisors beating people or forcing them to work. Manufacturing shop floors conditions I've seen in other manufacturers in both in China and outside are not much different.
Foxconn in particular recruits 18-30 year old, yes they put up the suicide nets at the Shenzhen site. One thing people really need to understand is that the Apple production lines are run differently to the other company lines (Sony, Microsoft, Dell etc) that are built there. The majority of the suicides were from non-Apple production floors. As has been widely reported the level of suicides in the amount of 18-30 population at the site is lower than the national average.
Chengdu, they changed the 2 x 12 hours shifts to 3 x 8 hour shifts because the local population refuse to do 12 hour shifts. The vast majority of the production staff live local and bus services are provided for staff (packed they may well be but at bus they are). The iPad should by now be exclusively built here after moving from the Shenzhen, Long Hua plant.
Zhengzhou, the place has been operational for best part of a year already. However it's not running at full capacity the target capacity for the place is 1 million (yes 1 million) iPhone per day - staggering figures but target figures only. However the size of the factory and accommodation areas are quite literally the size of a small city.
Foxconn are focusing to move all the production of iPhones away from Shenzhen, Guan Lan plant to the Zhengzhou plant - tax reason and large proportion of the employees in Shenzhen are from the Hunan region (Zhengzhou) anyway.
In the meantime Foxconn Brazil will be producing both iPhones and iPads for the local market . .. .