> This is the norm in China because the Chinese government itself encourages, supports and even demands this kind of labor conditions.
No it's not the norm, and the government doesn't encourage and definitely doesn't demand these conditions.
It does support them, but in an apathetic "how the hell do we even try to stop this" kind of way. Not a "Yeah I want those workers to suffer" kind of way.
The chinese govt is not a 2 dimensional evil monster that The West paint it to be. It is like most govts with a left and right wing, and (shock-horror) even debate! The difference between Mao Zedong, Chou Enlai, and Deng XiaoPing is evidence of this segregation.