Migrant Workers Riot in Southern China

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Police are maintaining a high presence in southern China's Guangzhou city after riots by hundreds of migrant workers. The protests began after a pregnant street was harassed by security guards in the nearby city of Zengcheng.

Tensions remain high in southern China after police struggled to contain riots by hundreds of migrant workers over several days in a city near Guangzhou.

The violence started in Zengcheng after a young pregnant street hawker was harassed by security guards, media reports said on Monday. Twenty-year-old Wang Lianmei was apparently pushed to the ground by one security guard trying to clear her off the streets.

Hong Kong television showed seething crowds of migrant workers from the southwestern province of Sichuan running through the streets of Zengcheng, smashing windows, setting fire to government buildings and overturning police vehicles.

Riot police were shown firing tear gas on Sunday night, deploying armored vehicles to disperse the crowds and handcuffing protesters.

Witnesses said there were more than 1,000 protesters and at least one government office had been besieged.

Thousands of riots, protests and other forms of unrest break out across China each year over problems ranging from rampant inflation to corruption, a big wealth gap, industrial pollution, forced demolitions and abuse of power.

The Chinese Communist Party maintains strict political and media controls to quash any form of organized dissent.

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[Rantalicious]

@Mattothee You've obviously never visited China...

[jackdoldseven]

@Mattothee Tyranny is an opinion of mind. In these people's opinion the China "protecting them" is the tyranny.

My opinions are personal and irrelevant as are yours. But maybe they should listen to the opinions of numbers.

[afaultytoaster]

kill and eat the rich, smash the state

[Mattothee]

At least the Chinese protects its fellow people against the tyranny, unlike America

[nathanwilefrazier]

Chinese protesters have to get organized BEFORE the next outrage or provocation. They need to counter the CCP's strategies of "control of information" and "carrots & sticks." A large underground community with redundant covert channels for the flow of information must be started across China that includes union dues (to compete with "carrots") and cell phone cameras (to counter "sticks"). Democratic legislation, due process, and freedom of the press must be won for the Chinese.

[TurnToJesus1]

The Cop who punched the pregnant woman in the stomach is a disgrace to Humankind and should be ashamed of himself.

[dataphreak]

Notice that they conveniently leave out the fact that the pregnant woman was punched in the stomach.

[UighurKnight]

Chinese fired into the crowds when the same protest occurred in Tibet and East Turkestan even in South Mongolia. But in Guangzhou, no firing bullet but tear gas...

[qayghjkedc]

sadly that this will change nothing. If they get serious riots the send in the military and kill everyone (like in 1989)

[etniko]

You don't hear this stuff in mainstream media.