China erupts: Furious workers riot as factories collapse under Trump’s tariffs

[mystery-ak]

China erupts: Furious workers riot as factories collapse under Trump’s tariffs
May 1, 2025 | Floyd Buford

Workers throughout China are flooding the streets in revolt as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs slam the fragile Chinese export economy.

From the cramped streets of Sichuan in the southwest to the cold outskirts of Inner Mongolia in the northeast, furious workers are demanding backpay and protesting mass layoffs as factories shutter under pressure from Trump’s tariffs.

Outside a LED light manufacturing plant near Shanghai, thousands of unpaid workers shouted furiously at company managers over wages that haven’t been paid since January.

In central China’s Dao County, a similar scene unfolded outside a sporting goods store after the company abruptly shut down last week without paying employees.

In the northeast city of Tongliao, construction workers climbed onto rooftops and threatened to jump if their wages were not paid.

The wave of unrest follows a brutal plunge in China’s export orders, now at their lowest since the COVID lockdowns. Goldman Sachs estimates up to 16 million Chinese jobs could vanish as Trump’s tariffs bite deeper into the regime’s weak underbelly.

Trump said the tariffs placed on China are having their intended effect.

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https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/01/china-erupts-furious-workers-riot-as-factories-collapse-under-trumps-tariffs-1540565/

[Wingnut]

Roll out the tanks. Trenaman part II. Got to keep the peasants in line.

[DefiantMassRINO]

What a pleasant side effect.  Civil unrest may bring Chi-coms to the table sooner.  Self-preservation is the primary instinct for totalitarian regimes.

[DB]

What a pleasant side effect.  Civil unrest may bring Chi-coms to the table sooner.  Self-preservation is the primary instinct for totalitarian regimes.

It's that or start a war.

[mountaineer]

What a pleasant side effect.  Civil unrest may bring Chi-coms to the table sooner.  Self-preservation is the primary instinct for totalitarian regimes.

Agreed.

[Free Vulcan]

It's that or start a war.

And as arrogant and out-of-touch the regime is, I'd say it's a coin toss.

[Wingnut]

It's that or start a war.

You are a ray of sunshine today!

[DCPatriot]

@Weird Tolkienish Figure

Ever owned a business?  Ever take an Economics course?

1) Based upon your weekly/monthly product turnover, you employ 100 people in the production/shipping-receiving departments

2) Suddenly without advance warning, your buyers stop buying and inventory piles up.  In the meantime your products gather dust on the shelves or warehouse while at the same time your cash dries up.

3) You furlough employees because you cannot pay them. Your building rent is due the 1st of each month.

4) Their children don't eat.  Their car sits out of gas.  Their water and electric get disconnected.

4) They eventually pick-up signs...pitchforks, torches and noosed ropes and protest their government

You get the picture.  Or do you?

Posted the above on April 27th in pleasant discussions with @Weird Tolkienish Figure and later with @Hoodat

As evidenced by this thread topic, seems I was correct in my assertions.

As WeirdTolkienish Figure stated..."we'll see".  

[Smokin Joe]

Posted the above on April 27th in pleasant discussions with @Weird Tolkienish Figure and later with @Hoodat

As evidenced by this thread topic, seems I was correct in my assertions.

As WeirdTolkienish Figure stated..."we'll see".  

Funny how people aren't willing to let the process work. It's like dumping a jug of drain cleaner down the drain and immediately tearing the plumbing apart. Some things just take a little time.

[mystery-ak]

Protests by unpaid Chinese workers spread amid factory closures
Workers demand back wages from companies impacted by steep U.S. tariffs and an economic slowdown in China.
By Huang Chunmei for RFA Mandarin
2025.04.29

Protests by workers demanding back wages are spreading across China in a sign of growing discontent among millions suffering the brunt of factory closures, triggered by steep U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports amid an economic downturn.

Across the country – from Hunan province’s Dao county in central China to Sichuan’s Suining city in the southwest and Inner Mongolia’s Tongliao city to the northeast – hundreds of disgruntled workers have taken to the streets to protest about unpaid wages and to challenge unfair dismissals by factories that were forced to shut due to the U.S. tariffs.

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https://www.rfa.org/english/china/2025/04/29/china-us-tariff-protests-workers-wages/