Workers clash with police in ChinaAFP, BEIJINGScores of workers have clashed with police at a COVID test kit factory in China, video spreading on social media showed yesterday, as the country navigates a path out of its “zero COVID-19” policy. Photo: ReutersA man who posted video from the scene said in an accompanying caption that many workers had not been paid. Other posts alleged that Chongqing-based pharmaceutical company Zybio Inc (中元匯吉) suddenly fired workers who had only been recruited weeks earlier. Agence France-Presse could not confirm exactly when the videos were captured, although multiple social media users said the clash took place on Saturday night into yesterday morning. Protests centered on labor issues and targeting individual companies occur frequently in China, despite official efforts to clamp down on unrest.

Source: Taipei Times January 08, 2023 20:30 UTC