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Taxi Strikes in China Highlight Changing Press Controls

Posted by Sophie Beach | Nov 12, 2008

On China Media Project, David Bandurski writes about domestic media coverage of the recent taxi strike in Chongqing as an example of the new governmental approach to media control, which aims to “actively set the...

China City Vows Crackdown On Taxi Strike Violence

Posted by Liu Yong | Nov 4, 2008

From AFP: Authorities in one of China’s biggest cities vowed on Tuesday to crack down on violence that has marked a rare strike by taxi drivers, and called for an immediate return to work. Several thousand taxi drivers...

Strikes by Taxi Drivers Spread Across China

Posted by Sophie Beach | Jan 14, 2015

Strikes by taxi drivers has spread to numerous Chinese cities, spurred by complaints about...

China: Taxi Drivers and Railway Workers on Strike

Posted by Samuel Wade | Aug 8, 2011

Global Voices Online collects and translates Weibo commentary on recent strikes by Hangzhou taxi drivers and Changsha railway employees. The latter case, in particular, resonates uncomfortably with Communist Party history....

Taxi Drivers in Eastern China Strike Over Rising Fuel Costs

Posted by cdtstaff | Aug 1, 2011

Thousands of taxi drivers in Hangzhou are striking because of fuel costs. From Reuters: More than 1,000 taxi drivers in the Chinese tourist city of Hangzhou in eastern Zhejiang province went on strike on Monday to protest about...

Taxi Driver Strike, Union and Street Democracy

Posted by Xiao Qiang | Dec 1, 2008

Oiwan Lam writes in Global Voices Online blog: Taxi drivers from around the country have been in strike for a month. The first protest appeared in Chongqin in November 3, then it spread to Hainan, Gansu, Yunnan, Shandong,...

Taxi Drivers On Strike In Chongqing

Posted by Xiao Qiang | Nov 2, 2008

From China Daily: Cab drivers in main urban zones of southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality stopped work to protest a number of issues in China’s fourth biggest city on Monday. Members of the public could find no...