I don’t know if you know this, but something being illegal doesn’t really stop it from happening, you said yourself that is more common in western countries, despite it being illegal in many western countries
I’m sure you can find an isolated case or two, but your point was that it’s something common enough to be the backbone of western investment in China, and not the fact that China leveraged it’s relatively cheaper labor power initially in order to gain access to production technology. These days wages are much higher, but production is so effective per labor hour that it’s surpassed everywhere else. Child labor is strictly forbidden by law in China.
I don’t know if you know this, but something being illegal doesn’t really stop it from happening, you said yourself that is more common in western countries, despite it being illegal in many western countries
I’m sure you can find an isolated case or two, but your point was that it’s something common enough to be the backbone of western investment in China, and not the fact that China leveraged it’s relatively cheaper labor power initially in order to gain access to production technology. These days wages are much higher, but production is so effective per labor hour that it’s surpassed everywhere else. Child labor is strictly forbidden by law in China.