Suicides roil factory in China

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 04:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Nine workers at a computer component maker have killed themselves this year. Psychologists and monks have been called in; there are now punching bags. Experts cite an expectation gap of young workers. Psychologists and Buddhist monks have come to console workers. There is a suicide hotline, piped-in music and a stress-release center where workers are invited to hit a punching bag with a...

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