Chinese police attack factory occupation
More than 1,000 military and other police sent by the Chongqing municipal government stormed a factory occupation on 30 August. The factory was formerly owned by the Chinese army. A young worker was reportedly beaten in the police action and then disappeared. According to the China Labour Bulletin, the workers occupied the factory on 18 August when the local government sold it to a private company for 22 million yuan, although it was worth 10 times that amount. The factory owed many workers unpaid wages prior to its restructuring, claimed it would repay them afterwards, but reneged on the...