If Beijing seems overly sensitive on the labor issue, it isn’t without reason. On top of a slowing economy, as labor costs in China keep rising many factories are moving to cheaper locations, such as Vietnam. Meanwhile the number of protests and strikes in Guangdong doubled from 23 in July to 56 in November, according to the Hong Kong-based advocacy group China Labour Bulletin. Overall, Guangdong has had nearly 400 strikes this year—the most across the country:
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