I really like the design of the Penny Is the kid did a great job!
I can understand that not everybody is a 49ers fan and that it leads to a lot of dicsussions, but just for the cause and respecting the kid, it should not be a big discussion!
The main focus on that shoe should be that very nice main color anyways!
As for the labor conditions in China, the employees are the kings over there, they have all kinds of rights, the owners of factories do not, overtime must be paid 200% and if it is on a sunday it is 300%, in comparison to the 90s they make about 1000% more salary in comparison to today, with a guaranteed raise by the federal government of 20% per year. They get living and 3 meals a day for free, plus social activities such as Basketball, excursions etc.
So for companies with labor intensive goods, prices are rising and rising and rising. Why do you all think the foams have risen from 180 to 230-250 in just 4 years, an increase up to 39%? Because this shoe has heavy labor amounts involved.
I can understand that many people here have different opinions about that matter, but I guess it makes most sense to acutally go and visit the country that you are talking about and not just pinpointing an opinion, because TV or the Internet is your source. This is not the real World, believe me, I travel the real China economic production world 2-3 months annually and every time things happen, which I would never think were possible!