Silicon Sweatshops: A promising model

Jonathan Adams and Kathleen E. McLaughlin - China and its neighbors - November 18, 2009 06:54 ET

There's no easy way to police supply chains in Asia. But one US high-tech firm and its Taiwan supplier are taking a creative approach that might just work.

Special report: Silicon Sweatshops

Jonathan Adams and Kathleen E. McLaughlin - China and its neighbors - November 17, 2009 15:05 ET

Despite strict "codes of conduct," labor rights violations are the norm at factories making the world's favorite high-tech gadgets.

What do you think about Silicon Sweatshops?

News Desk - China and its neighbors - November 17, 2009 15:04 ET

Are high-tech supply chains in Asia good business or exploitation? You decide.

Silicon Sweatshops: Shattered dreams

Jonathan Adams - China and its neighbors - November 17, 2009 07:24 ET

Migrant workers making gadgets at Taiwan's high-tech parks sign deals that make them modern-day indentured servants.

Silicon Sweatshops: The China connection

Kathleen E. McLaughlin and Jonathan Adams - China and its neighbors - November 17, 2009 07:22 ET

For migrant workers, an electronics factory job can be a ticket into China's booming middle class. But for many, it turns into a nightmare of poor working conditions and indifferent bosses.

Silicon Sweatshops: Disposable workforce

Jonathan Adams - China and its neighbors - November 17, 2009 07:22 ET

Laid-off Taiwanese workers accuse their firm of violating industry codes even when times were good.

Asia's pushback to big tobacco

Patrick Winn - Thailand - November 15, 2009 12:30 ET

The cigarette industry wants a bigger slice of Asia. Activists want them to butt out.

Obama in Japan: Reassuring an old friend

Justin McCurry in Tokyo - Japan - November 14, 2009 16:58 ET

America's first "pacific president" extends a hand. But it's not all smiles.

Obama in Beijing: What you will see. And won't see.

Kathleen E. McLaughlin - China and its neighbors - November 14, 2009 15:56 ET

In China, anything is possible. Nothing is easy.

On Location: Tokyo — Blue light special

Aya Shoji - Japan - November 12, 2009 11:31 ET

Fat in Japan? You're breaking the law.

David Nakamura - Japan - November 11, 2009 08:40 ET

As the health care debate rages in the US, Tokyo lawmakers set a maximum waist size. Are you too fat for Japan?

In Taiwan, pro baseball is all mobbed up

Jonathan Adams - China and its neighbors - November 1, 2009 10:27 ET

For some professional players, losing is an offer they can't refuse.

Savoie's choice: abduct or fight?

Justin McCurry - Japan - October 27, 2009 08:18 ET

An American father wants his children back. Japan says no.

Politics meets porn in Japan

David Nakamura - Japan - October 16, 2009 15:33 ET

Sex-industry reporters? Topless lawmakers? A new day has, indeed, arrived in Tokyo's Diet.

Full Frame: Of military uniforms and imperial rule

Robert Gilhooly - Full Frame - October 15, 2009 15:01 ET

A photo essay on the rise of nationalism in Japan and the yearly pilgrimage to a controversial shrine.

Full Frame: Walking through fire, literally

Robert Gilhooly - Full Frame - October 15, 2009 14:46 ET

Priests flagellate themselves with boiling water and walk across hot embers in a Shinto purification ritual.

A World of Trouble: Is the nightmare over?

Thomas Mucha - Commerce - October 14, 2009 13:35 ET

With signs of economic recovery finally emerging, here's where things stand in 20 countries around the world.

The rising sun also sets

Michael Moran - Worldview - October 6, 2009 17:11 ET

How do the election results change US-Japan relations?

2016 Olympics: Three funerals and a party

Thomas Mucha - Commerce - October 4, 2009 09:13 ET

Rio rocks. Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo mope.