"Strikes in China over foreign employers selling out to local companies", 25 Nov 2016

Coca-Cola workers in three Chinese cities have gone on strike after the US soft drinks company announced it was selling its bottling interests in the country…to Hong Kong conglomerate Swire Pacific and Cofco Corporation, one of China’s state-owned food giants…Workers at three Coca-Cola plants called co-ordinated strikes…in Chengdu…in the south-west, and Jilin province in the north-east…The Coca-Cola bottling plant workers feared they would lose their jobs or pay under the state-owned employer, said one striking employee…

Separately, workers at a Sony factory in the southern city of Guangzhou downed tools in protest at the sale of the Sony Electronics Huanan subsidiary...to a Chinese company…Shenzhen O-Film Tech. Protesters fear working conditions and pay could suffer and are also concerned about possible job cuts. “I have been working for the Japanese group for 10 years, with a good level of salary and allowances,” said Liu, an employee on strike. All that could now change under ownership of the Chinese firm, she said.

…According to posts on social media, police clashed with strikers at the Chongqing factory…Police officials in Chongqing said they had no information on such incidents when contacted by AFP…[also mentions Pepsi Co.]