Interviews on Daqing, Guangyuan, Lanzhou, Anshan, Fushun [1]
28 June 2002"There are five of them assigned to keeping an eye on me, thinking I am some kind of key target. It's like they are making me out to be somebody from the Falungong! They wanted to make my daughter write a pledge, but my girl told them, "There's no way I can make such a pledge. If my mum doesn't go [and demonstrate] how is she going to live? My mum has worked for them for 26 years and then they cheated her."
Daqing government departments hush up on workers action on June 4 [2] 2002-06-04
Daqing workers continue their protest on Tieren (Iron Man) Square on June 4 [3] 2002-06-04
Conversation with a Retrenched Oil Worker in Daqing (1) [4] 2002-04-13
Daqing workers demonstration in its 35th day [5] 2002-04-05
Daqings Three Planned Actions by Ten Thousand People Called off [6] 2002-04-06
Daqing Workers Protest Update [7] 2002-03-22
Daqing Workers Movement Continues [8] 2002-03-22
A frustrated rank-and-file official explains why workers in Fushun feel they have no alternative but to block roads and stage street demonstrations. "Everybody understands whats happening. Even if the police are there, what can they do? Dont they all have damned retrenched workers in their families? Once the issue is raised, everybody knows they dont have a livelihood. Everybody understands; all they can do is explain that it is wrong to block the railways. But nobody is going to listen to them (workers) if they dont block the railroad."
Thousands of miners protest against retrenchment and early retirement schemes in Fushun city, Liaoning province [9] 2002-04-05
Anshan Workers' Protest [10] 2002-04-17
Two Workers Arrested in Guangyuan [11] 2002-03-22