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

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