Chinese textile workers' protest attacked by police
Chinese police have repressed a protest by textile workers struggling to recover unpaid wages and other benefits after their factory went bankrupt. On 8 February around two thousand workers from the Tieshu Textile Factory in Suizhou, Hubei province, blocked the local railway for most of the morning. Around 800 armed and regular police from neighbouring towns arrived to disperse the protestors, and blocked the arrival of hundreds more who were heading toward the scene. According to eyewitness reports in the China Labour Bulletin, scores of demonstrators were injured. The police randomly hit...