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Workers Let Go by China’s Banks Are Putting Up a Fight

The New York Times reports on a new class of disgruntled protesters in China: white collar workers laid off during recent bank reforms:During the past two years, these unlikely agitators — conservatively attired but fiercely determined — have staged similar public protests in Beijing and provincial cities. They have stormed branch offices to mount sit-ins. A few of the more foolhardy have met at