The manufacturing model that has made China the workshop of the world has been called into question after the region's largest electronics maker announced it was reviewing its system of running large factory towns.
Terry Gou, the head of Foxconn, whose clients include Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, said at the parent group Hon Hai's annual meeting in Taipei that a spate of suicides at his manufacturing hub made him realise that the “structure [of the manufacturing industry in China] has to change”.
About 270,000 people live and work at the self-enclosed Foxconn campus in Shenzhen, the Chinese city bordering Hong Kong.
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