david barboza joins me now. he is one of them. he is the shanghai correspondent for the "new york times." he just co-authored a long feature on the poor working conditions a apple's chinese suppliers. i am pleased to have him here on this program for the first time. welcome. >> >> tha you. >> rose: how long have you been reporting from china? >> just over seven years. >> rose: a you came there from... >> the ccago bureau. >> rose: was it something you want to do because you knew is was a story? >> well, it was a little accident. i was the chicago business correspondent but i ended up spending a year in houston, texas, covering enron. >> rose: i know that about you. >> living out of a hotel and a service apartment and my colleague in houston was the beijing bureau and the shanghai bureau was open so he suggested that i apply for the shanghai bureau and i thought... you know i studied chinese history in college and i had a real interest in chinese film and in art and it's... it was already... the story was the business in china is g