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Why is that relevant? According to the article:

> September 26 was an unforgettable day for many Chinese migrant tech workers in Silicon Valley, as hundreds of them gathered on a blazing hot day at Facebook’s "Thumbs up" sign at the entrance to the social network company’s Menlo Park, CA, headquarters, to hold a vigil for a Facebook employee who took his own life after allegedly bullied in the company and suffering extremely excessive work pressure.

Chinese migrant workers do not typically observe the traditions of the western world, for the very good reason that they don't come from the western world.

Even the coverage is obviously being done by foreigners:

> After weeks of interviewing sources within the company, including employees who had worked in the same and overlapping internal groups with Mr. Chen and possess of first hand information on his tragedy

> This investigation found out that as Facebook grew to its scale of today, its management still wish to maintain the company’s image as a fast-paced startup with high growth.

> Facebook's Ads department, the most profitable unit of the tech giant, where Mr. Chen worked, is under a circumstance more complicated than other businesses, products and departments within the company.

> Eric, a senior staff of the company whose wanted his full name to be omitted for privacy reasons



The vigil happened in the United States.

I can't believe you (a) don't get this and (b) are arguing it so vociferously.




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