China's Workers Are Moving From the Production Line to the Picket Line (2009)

Production Line to Picket Line (2009): Could China be on the brink of mass protests regarding unemployment?

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Computers, clothes and toys once poured off China's production lines, destined for the West. Now the factories are closed, millions are out of work and Chinese officials fear serious political unrest.

"All of the orders vanished" says Tanley, the owner of a toy factory in Dong Guan, known as 'the factory of the world. He's seen factory after factory close since the autumn of last year. Often, owners flee without paying their staff. For the 30 million Chinese now thought to be unemployed, there is no safety net. But the government is stepping in to control the large protests evolving out of sudden plant closures. "We all know the workers are working in the worst situation in the world" says radio DJ and former Tiananmen Square protester, Han. But he believes the crisis has forced the government to address labour rights. "It's a bad image to arrest workers for going on strike for legal payment - they don't want to exacerbate the tensions" he says. It's 20 years since the massacre at Tiananmen Square. Now at the sharp end of this economic crisis, the government is doing everything it can to prevent a revolt.

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