In one week in late April, the Hong Kong-based China Labour Bulletin recorded at least 29 instances of labour unrest in China. They included protests against unpaid wages at a recycling company, a taxi drivers' strike, two food delivery drivers' strikes, a protest over unpaid pensions at a mining company and a sanitation workers' strike over non-payment of overtime and other wages.
None of these incidents was reported in China's state-run press. Details emerged only on social media and, if posted on China-based platforms, were soon deleted.
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