Taxi Driver Strike Covered Up in China

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    Date: 
    17 April 2009

    China has blocked Internet articles and discussions to hide the on-going taxi driver strike in Yueyang City of Hunan Province.

    A few dozens taxi drivers parked in front of the local government office on April 10 to demand lowering taxi company fees. Authorities did not respond to their appeal, but the next day over 3,000 drivers joined in the strike. By 8 p.m. on April 11, eleven people had been arrested under charges such as destroying public properties.