China Hides Millions Of Layoffs, Jails Miners Protesting Unpaid Wages

– “Don’t Take The Public For Fools!”: China Hides Millions Of Layoffs, Jails Miners Protesting Unpaid Wages:

What do you do when you need to lay off a few million people but you don’t want to hurt your goalseeked unemployment rate? You tell miners to hand in their picks and you promptly give them mops and a 66% pay cut. If they protest, you throw them in jail. If they storm the castle, you start shooting.

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