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David Pilling: Change is Finally Afoot for China’s Workers

From columnist David Pilling in the Financial Times: Listen to the following statements about the strike at Honda’s transmission plant in Guangdong province, one that has brought the Japanese company’s car production throughout China to a juddering halt. The first goes like this: “The strike reflects the low wages the bosses are paying the workers. The system does not provide a legal base for coll