As China’s economy stalls, rising public unrest has bubbled up in a series of labor strikes across the country.
The last widespread worker unrest in China came during the Asian financial crisis a decade ago, when the government dismantled cradle-to-grave welfare and slashed payrolls in struggling state-owned enterprises across the northern rust belt. At that time, protests were quickly suppressed and their leaders arrested, while the media was forbidden from covering them.
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