price to who? the elites in china could care less about worker protection. I've got news for you, the elites in the US could care less about worker protections either - that's why business owners are gung ho to get illegals and guest workers into the US, because they know these workers can be stepped on.
I am looking at the overall picture. You can't have much of a country if you destroy it in the process of trying to become a superpower, which is exactly what China is doing. I do agree that they don't give a bit of thought to their workers. They are so many chess pieces...