links for 2006-08-31

• 跨国公司中国代工厂黑幕 女工连续站12小时工作-搜狐IT
  The original Chinese-language article that caused Foxconn to sue two Chinese journalists for libel. (hat tip to "nonviolent resistance")
  (tags: foxconn ipod apple china chineseinternetresearch freespeech law journalism media)
• CRM News: Apple News: Apple Attempting to Intercede in 'iPod City' Defamation Case
  ""Apple is working behind the scenes to help resolve this issue," an Apple spokesperson, Jill Tan, said Wednesday."
  (tags: foxconn ipod apple freespeech law media journalism china)
• EastSouthWestNorth: My Life As An Activist Journalist
  "for me, this whole affair was not really about FoxConn or the two First Financial Daily reporters. The most important outcome is that the Chinese media workers learned how they can band together and create an unstoppable tide of public opinion."
  (tags: foxconn ipod apple law journalism media freespeech china)
• FoxConn Backs Down! 富士康发声明:将诉讼标底由3000万元降低为1元_网易新闻中心
  Roland's translation from Netease.com: "the Shenzhen Intermediate Court has unfrozen the assets of Weng Bao and Wang You which had been previously frozen at the application of FoxConn. Furthermore, FoxCnn has announced that the amount of money asked for
  (tags: foxconn ipod apple law journalism media china freespeech)
• EastSouthWestNorth: The PR War of FoxConn verus Media
  Roland Soong documents and analyzes the Foxconn lawsuit P.R. battle.
  (tags: foxconn apple ipod freespeech media journalism china)
• Imagethief : Thursday PR blog: What was Foxconn thinking?
  American P.R. man in Beijing advises Foxconn to drop its libel lawsuit against two Chinese journalists. Or at very least have the court unfreeze their assets and reduce damages to something symbolic. It looks like his advice was taken...
  (tags: foxconn ipod apple freespeech law journalism media china)