and I would love to tell my boss that, but the last time I did that I ended up living on a couch for 4 months, so you CAN, but its much like taking a dump in your car, its really not advised
Well - no, not literally - unless you are lucky and in the position of having "f-u" money (1-2 years of your current salary saved up). If you don't, then I advise that you do whatever you can to save that money until you do (and drop the credit cards and other unsecured debt like a hot rock). You don't know how liberating it can feel until you are there (getting there is another matter, though).
As far as the articles you have read, do you have any that were done undercover by a non-chinese source (and who have no connection with the company involved)? I would be more likely to trust such a source more than one who, if they wrote anything "bad" regarding working conditions at such a company, or anything against "the party", could be shut down immediately and the publishers/workers "disappeared" (or at least made very sorry they wrote such an article).
I don't really trust China's government; there's just this "hinkyness" about it that pegs my BS meter. Our government pegs that meter on occasion also, but at least I am fairly certain I won't disappear if I say something about it (although I suppose if I say too much my "plane" might crash mysteriously, with the investigation swept under the rug).