环球时报特约记者唐湘报道据美国西北有线新闻(NorthWest Cable News)网站2月12日报道，美国全国劳工委员会(National Labor Committee)曝光了微软在中国的一家“血汗工厂”。报道描述了中国年轻工人在这家工厂的“痛苦”工作环境：他们被“锁”在工厂里，每周工作七天，星期天不允许到外面散步，如果想出去就会被扣除两天半的工资。

　　美国劳工委员会曝光的这家工厂位于中国广东东莞，该工厂为微软、戴尔和惠普等美国电脑公司生产键盘和其它零部件。该委员会说，这里的工人在“令人痛苦”的工作环境下工作。

　　该委员会描述说：年轻工人每天要在硬板凳上坐12个小时，每周工作7天，这超出了中国的法律规定。工厂要求工人每秒钟就要往键盘上安装一个按键，一个月要重复这类动作达100万次。他们每人获得的基本工资是每小时61美分。除了高强度的工作外，工厂还不允许工人外出散步，如果他们想在星期天出去，就要被扣掉两天半的工资。

　　报道说，与关心为它制造产品的中国工人的工作环境相比，微软更加关心它在中国的版权和盗版问题。

　　A new report claims Redmond-based Microsoft is more concerned about its copyrights and piracy in China than the workers who make their products there.

　　The National Labor Committee spotlighted a factory in Dongguan City, China, that makes keyboards and other parts for Microsoft, as well as Dell, HP and others. It found the workers are being subjected to miserable conditions.

　　Among the findings: young workers sit on hard stools for 12 hours a day, 7 days a week - exceeding China's legal limit.

　　They're allowed one second to snap each key on a keyboard into place, performing the same operation a million times in a month. Each is paid a base wage of 61-cents an hour.

　　After room and board is taken out - 41 cents an hour - they're locked in the factory, not allowed to take a walk, and if they want a Sunday off, they're docked two and a half days' wages.