While police dispute the story, Chinese netizens express sympathy for “800 Brother” over how workers are treated.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/30901392

A Chinese factory employee set fire to a textile plant in China’s southwestern Sichuan province in his frustration over unpaid wages of just 800 yuan (or US$111), according to videos posted on social media and eyewitness accounts shared with Radio Free Asia.

  • doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml
    10·
    6 hours ago

    OP, you should know that Radio Free Asia is American propaganda in the most literal sense. Although this is bad propaganda, since it just makes Chinese workers look cool af

    • destructdisc@lemmy.worldOP
      6·
      6 hours ago

      I know lol. This is like when the CIA put out that one recruitment video aimed at Chinese citizens a few weeks ago – the video was supposed to lament the terrible conditions of Chinese workers, but inadvertently turned out as a brutal critique of American capitalism