February 15, 2012 The Chinese factory floor ain't what it used to be. Heavy industry machines now sit idle, where once hundreds of workers would have crammed into Dickensian sweat shops, slaving away for little pay. Stan Grant says the era of "cheap...

Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a prepared statement. Cook said the investigations "are unprecedented in the electronics industry, both in scale and scope." In a recent CNN segment, a Foxconn employee spoke out about her working conditions. The worker, who...

January 31, 2012 -- Updated 0731 GMT (1531 HKT) Stan Grant details how a CNN crew were detained as they try to report on claims of protests and unrest in the Tibetan autonomous zone. January 31, 2012 -- Updated 0608 GMT (1408 HKT) The escalation of...

to $41bn this year, which would be the smallest in nearly a decade. © The Financial Times Limited 2012 updated 5:32 AM EST, Fri February 3, 2012 Anyone interested in world affairs, Chinese diplomacy and China's future should know more about Xi Jinping. updated 2:31 AM EST, Tue January 31, 2012 Stan Grant details how a CNN crew were detained as they try to report on claims of protests and unrest in the Tibetan autonomous zone. updated 1:08 AM EST, Tue January 31, 2012 The escalation of tensions in ethnically Tibetan regions of China is the latest in a series of flashpoints that have resulted in

Stan Grant was recently able to sit down with a Foxconn worker to talk about the conditions in which she makes Apple products. The industrial giant Foxconn manufactures electronics for just about every consumer electronics company in the world, but...

Apple has recently come under fire for abhorrent practices at one its biggest suppliers but Apple isn’t the only company that contracts with Foxconn. Foxconn also counts Microsoft and other tech companies among its list of clients. In this video, CNN’s...