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18 Mar 2002

Author:
AFP

Industrial unrest spirals in rust belt of northeast China

Workers from up to 10 ailing state-owned factories in Liaoyang city, Liaoning province, gathered Monday to voice grievances including unpaid wages or pensions, low severance pay, and alleged corruption. Police in the city have already arrested one of the organizers of the protest, which began a week ago, and were hunting up to a dozen others, the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said.