Several thousand workers in the Hebei Baoding Yimian Group Co., Ltd. marched in protest to Beijing on April 3, after staging a strike towards the end of March. The authorities intercepted most of the workers with a large amount of police.
As of 7 p.m. on April 4, the workers arrived at Xushui Town, which is about 25 kilometers (approx. 16 miles) from Baoding City. Local officials and police are at a standoff with the marching workers.
So far, most of the petitioners were stopped by local officials and have returned to Baoding City. However, the workers benefits’ issue with the factory remains unresolved.
The communist regime’s mouthpiece, Xinhua News, made an unusual move by publishing a report in English stating that “more than 1,000 people began a 140-kilometer hike from Baoding city, in China’s Hebei Province to Beijing on Friday to protest against job losses at a textile company,” and that “the protesters with luggage headed to Beijing along National Road 107 on foot and by bicycle.”
As of 7 p.m. on April 4, the workers arrived at Xushui Town, which is about 25 kilometers (approx. 16 miles) from Baoding City. Local officials and police are at a standoff with the marching workers.
So far, most of the petitioners were stopped by local officials and have returned to Baoding City. However, the workers benefits’ issue with the factory remains unresolved.
The communist regime’s mouthpiece, Xinhua News, made an unusual move by publishing a report in English stating that “more than 1,000 people began a 140-kilometer hike from Baoding city, in China’s Hebei Province to Beijing on Friday to protest against job losses at a textile company,” and that “the protesters with luggage headed to Beijing along National Road 107 on foot and by bicycle.”
