Hooray! Internships are popping up in China with the same (if not worse) poor working conditions as America! How nice of Nintendo to help children around the world advance their careers in such an inspiring way.
Game Rant’s Ben Kendrick:
According to a segment aired during the “Voice of China” program on China National Radio, Foxconn utilized children ranging in age from fourteen to sixteen in their Wii U production. The children were brought into the company through High School-level internship programs where they could receive credit toward their diplomas for work in the factories. However, many of the interns have reported that they were strong-armed into working lengthy overnight hours and/or physically demanding labor – threatened with the loss of their internship (as well as school expulsion) if they didn’t comply.