[Capture News] "I don't even have money to buy rice" The grim reality of China's economic collapse

Employees of a subcontractor of Shanghai Automobile, a state-owned company, blocked the access to the city center.

They staged a collective protest to let the world know about the overdue wages.

[Shanghai resident (morning on the 21st): Oh no, how do I get to work? You're going to be late! Did you get in the way of the strike?]

However, police have been forced to disperse, and news or videos related to protests are being removed due to censorship.

[Strike worker (21st morning): What's the point of being tough on me! You are the people's police!]

Ahead of the end of the year, strikes and protests are pouring in from all over China asking for back pay.

In the end, rather than the owner who took away the money, the migrant worker "farmer's work" is often the target of the government's suppression.

[Hubei Province's Lee Chang "Farmers" (Oct. 21): A farmer comes to collect his money, and the police hit people! Where the hell is the law?]

In order to receive 30 million won in back pay, I hold on to the hem of my pants instead of my husband and make a wish.

[Wife of a farmer in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province (last 19th): I don't even have money to buy rice. Please give me your salary! It's too hard for us ordinary people. I have a child at home and an old man.]

People who can't hold back their anger go up to the rooftop ready for an extreme choice.

There are also cases that lead to tragedy, such as the recent vocational school stabbing that caused 25 casualties.

The economic vicious cycle of failing to pay salaries due to poor management and returning to the boomerang of consumption is repeated.

Chinese authorities have said they will rush to resolve unpaid wages to revitalize the economy and stabilize society, but some point out that it is only a formality every year.

I'm Kang Jeong-gyu from Beijing.

Video editing | Lee Hyun-soo
Photo editing | Jin-seung Lee and Bang-hwa subtitle news | Lee Mi-young


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