Chinese in street protests as financial crisis bites

Chinese in street protests as financial crisis bites

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In a rare demonstration of public protest, workers in the Dongguan province of China have clashed with police after taking to the streets over unpaid wages and factory closures. “We haven’t eaten in days,” said one protester, reflecting the increasing desperation of those who either have not been paid or whose jobs have gone.

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An estimated 6.7 million Chinese are believed to have been made unemployed since the global financial crisis hit what used to be known as the “World’s workshop”. A police officer at the demonstration said he understood the protesters’ worries but the law had to be obeyed. Demonstrations are illegal in China. But with unemployment due to hit a new high in the new year, analysts say social stability is now seriously threatened.

6.7million unemployed since the crisis started. Wow that's a huge amount.

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I can hear the Chinese revving them military tanks up.

And when they get to using them, you won't hear a peep out of the UN. But if it was the US using tanks to quell a protest, we wouldn't hear the end of it.

The Chinese deserve to protest and have their voices heard.

Originally posted by jam321
I can hear the Chinese revving them military tanks up.

The tanks won't be for the protesters it will be for the next war. War has always been a way to control the pop. and to make new jobs. It just a question as to who they will be fighting with.

[edit on 19-12-2008 by lost in the midwest]