China's newest sweatshop: the game factory

Bills Due points me at this very nice article in the New York Times that describes a clandestine operation in Fuzhou, where the World of Warcraft and Magic Land have triggered off a new gold rush. Young Chinese play here in 12-hour shift to replace their more affluent colleagues in other parts of the world to keep the game going.

"For 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, my colleagues and I are killing monsters," said a 23-year-old gamer who works here in this makeshift factory and goes by the online code name Wandering. "I make about $250 a month, which is pretty good compared with the other jobs I've had. And I can play games all day."

It seems more fun, but the conditions are not that different from textile factories. Buy here games