World in View: China’s migrant revolt

July 30, 2011

Thousands of migrant workers exploded onto the streets in the industrial suburb of Zengcheng in Guangdong province and vented their rage for a week. Security forces had thrown to the pavement a 20-year-old pregnant migrant worker from Sichuan, while clearing the street and removing her peddler’s cart.

Migrant workers walked out of factories and demonstrated, burning [=>]

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