Re:this wasn't a suicide (Score 1)

I can't believe how much your response is frustrating me.

Um, this wasn't a suicide.

And your proof is what, exactly?

And it's a nice bit of cultural stereotyping to picture Asian people happily falling on their swords.

I'm sorry, where exactly did you pull "happily falling on their swords" from? He was merely pointing out (imho) that there appears to be a higher suicide rate in China [asia] and it seems to stem, in part anyways, from the culture's greater weight on the importance of honor. Personally I'd argue (as does TFA) that it has more to do with the pressures that individuals find themselves under in the workplace.
Oh, and let me fix that last paragraph for you.

Which do you think is more likely? That he was riddled with stress over the loss of a prototype (and the subsequent black eye the company would take should it make the news) combined with the company's response which included an illegal search of his home and possibly detention and physical abuse (though not confirmed) culminating in an emotional breakdown and jump[ing]....or was pushed over the balcony ledge by a bunch of company goons who were told to make an example of him to employees, with a public story that "our employees are so dedicated to your security, they'll..."?

Or better yet, just read the quote from a Chinese blogger at the end of TFA:

"Students [like Sun] have been studying in schools for years, and they have been carefully protected by their parents. They can't endure such pressure - 'their house being illegally searched,' or 'house arrests' (if that's true, according some reports news). Employees at these and other factories sometimes kill themselves simply because of the pressure from their daily jobs â" you know what's going to happen when they face more serious threats. Also, most young Chinese guys don't have friends who are lawyers, so they donâ(TM)t know how to protect themselves in the legal system. They wonâ(TM)t even look for help from the legal system. They will just endure the pressure, and finally find an extreme way to end all their troubles."