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It's not a binary question -- every factory pollutes. If only because energy, transport, etc is necessary and people generate biowaste. The question is how much and what types. The best way to clean up any environmental damage in a poor country is to help it become a rich country. At that point, the people and gov will start to prioritize it.

There was a huge protest about a taiwanese factory polluting the water there a few years ago. I think they were dumping.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/01/vietnam-...

Vietnamese in the South generally have beef with Chinese though, not Taiwanese

One that already happened, but not Foxconn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Vietnam_marine_life_disas...