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Workers protest as Italian sofa maker folds in China
BEIJING (AFP) - Over 2,000 factory workers in China launched a protest after their employer, an Italian maker of luxury sofas, closed down in the wake of the global financial crisis, local authorities said Thursday.
Nations:China Italy Hong Kong Activities:2008 China Bankruptcy Wave Source:(AFP)
2009-02-05
China revamping its key southern factory region
GUANGZHOU, China - China has updated an ambitious blueprint to aggressively revamp the country's key manufacturing region -- a plan that has already helped cause many low-end factories to move or shut down.
Nations:China Activities:2008 China Bankruptcy Wave Source:(AP)
2009-01-09
Protesting China workers in standoff with police
DONGGUAN, China - Police held hundreds of protesting workers inside a suitcase factory in southern China to prevent them from staging a public demonstration about a wage dispute Friday, a worker said from the compound.
Nations:China Activities:2008 China Bankruptcy Wave Source:(AP)
2008-12-19
Global crisis makes 2008 China's worst year in recent times: Wen
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said the global economic crisis had made 2008 the worst year for China's development in recent memory, and warned of worse to come.
Nations:China People:Wen Jiabao Activities:2008 China Bankruptcy Wave Global Financial Crisis Source:(AFP)
2008-11-03
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