[linux-audio-user] OT: China internet operator jailed

[Daniel James]

Follwing up the earlier discussion about Linux audio hardware made in 
China, here's a news story I saw today. Apparently in China you can 
get five years in jail for running a website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3039041.stm

So we're unlikely to find out the truth about working conditions in 
Chinese factories, on the web at least. 

For the record, although I managed to buy a UK made mixer for my 
studio, when I unwrapped my M Audio Delta 1010 I think there was a 
'made in China' sticker on it.

I also bought a Behringer mic recently, and mentioned these issues to 
the music shop owner. He'd previously worked for a company where 
construction had been moved to the Phillipines, and had witnessed the 
effects first hand. But since everything except the very high-end 
stuff is now made this way, what can he sell in his shop otherwise? 
 
Cheers

Daniel