"Both sides seemed to have reason to revise the contract: the state to make sure taxpayers weren’t on the hook for exorbitant subsidies, and Foxconn to make sure it got paid."
Exorbitant subsidies? As far as I can tell, all subsidies like this are exorbitant. I wonder why it even makes sense to subsidize already profitable corporations. I think if these incentives were applied in a more general manner and not to specific corporations, they might make more sense.