One of the most troublesome high-tech news stories to linger in the media is the way that high-tech workers are treated in China. Foxconn, who employs a million workers in China building the iPhone and many other consumer electronic devices, has repeatedly come under file for creating working...

One of the news stories rapidly gaining ground this week is the “Rare Earth Crisis.” The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and BBC are all reporting that the Chinese are flexing their economic muscle to force the West to do their bidding (or, at the very least, to overlooking...