OK, I've actually been to China and talked to people who have worked in factories there, so I can say without a doubt if you're comparing Chinese workers to refugees in Darfur, you must not understand the situation in Darfur because I don't see how anyone could think that mass killings/genocide is better than working long hours at the factory. Yeah, unscrupulous factory owners will often screw you over and a lot of people are very poor, but people aren't constantly trying to kill you.
On the other hand, trying to pretend that everything is rosy and perfect like in those multimedia presentations is unbelievable naive. Like most developing countries (India, Malaysia, lots of Latin American countries, Russia sort of, etc.), China's legal system is still very new and undergoing a lot of growing pains, and the government suffers from a high degree of corruption. It's not like the States where you can sue companies and take them to court or pass enforceable laws about working environments. So yeah, it's not always bad, especially when you work for a big multinational company who has the media watching it all the time, but a lot of how you're treated depends on who you're working for.
That being said, I have confidence in Spyderco and its commitment to running its operations in a humane and ethical manner. I have not handled the new Flight, but I have handled many of the others and like Mountainman I'm constantly amazed that more people don't appreciate them, and that they aren't mentioned in every "what cheap knife should I get" thread. They are super solidly built; the ones I have handled have had NO blade play whatsoever, which I think is kind of amazing.
Personally, I like the Cara Cara a lot. It is a bit bigger than the Meadowlark, but not huge, and shouldn't be a problem if you're a guy who wears pants with decent sized pockets, and there's something nice about having a knife that's big enough to handle most things you could throw at it. I say get it
