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China labour protests calm amid threat of force and promise of talks
Protests by angry workers in two northeastern Chinese cities appears to have calmed after security forces were strengthened in one city and talks between workers and the government began in another.
The A-F-P newsagency says authorities in Daqing city refused to comment on widespread reports that thousands of troops and paramilitary police had been called in to quell three weeks of protests by laid-off oil workers.
A-F-P says the demonstrations, coupled with similar actions in Liaoyang city, has highlighted a potentially large and enduring problem for the Beijing government.
China, which is a new World Trade Organisation member, has vowed to deepen market economic reforms.
A-F-P says however these are largely happening at the expense of impoverished workers many in the northeast's ailing rust-belt and the farming sector.
22/03/2002 23:10:54 | ABC Radio Australia News
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