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

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.

  • throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    Most payments in China are monthy, not weekly/bi-weekly as with in the west.

    You’d be mad too if you find out you’re not gonna be paid for work done for the past month*.

    Edit: *Or if its only partial payment