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Taxi drivers strike in south China: state media

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by Staff Writers
 Beijing (AFP) Nov 29, 2008
 Hundreds of taxi drivers went on strike in two southern Chinese cities, state media reported Friday, in the latest work stoppage by cabbies this month.

The taxi drivers had rallied in Chaozhou and Jieyang in the southern province of Guangdong for at least two days, demanding the government crack down on unlicensed cabs, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

In Chaozhou, where drivers were also asking authorities to limit the number of legal cabs in the city, most taxis were operating again on Friday although about 10 vehicles were still gathered on a square, Xinhua said.

But in Jieyang about 100 taxi drivers were still gathered in front of a railway station and outside the municipal government, where they had been on strike since Wednesday morning, according to Xinhua.

Drivers complained that about five of them were hurt by police when they were told to disperse on Wednesday but no other violence was reported, Xinhua said.

The incidents are the latest in a series of taxi strikes across the country this month.

Cabbies in the southwestern city of Chongqing started the trend and several other strikes followed in the northwestern province of Gansu and on the southern island of Hainan.

China sees tens of thousands of public outbursts each year, termed "mass incidents" by the government.

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