Work resumes at Guangdong factory

(Xinhua/China Daily)
Updated: 2009-07-08 13:31

This photo taken on July 7, 2009 shows Uygur women work at a production line at the Xuri Toy Factory in Shaoguan, south China's Guangdong province, where a brawl between hundreds of people from Han and Uygur ethnic groups led to two deaths early June 26. [Xinhua]

A 19-year-old Uygur girl said she was satisfied with her work in Shaoguan, the Nanfang Daily reported.

The worker said she could earn more than 1,300 yuan ($191) a month at Xuri, but her monthly income in Xinjiang was only 800 yuan ($117).

According to Erbakri Turdi, Party chief of the Minxiang village of Shufu county in Xinjiang, many migrant workers from the region had complaints when they arrived "but the local government is trying to comfort them".

After the clash, Turdi said the government helped Uygur workers make phone calls home to their families.

"Unlike reports from some media, most of the workers from Xinjiang are now willing to continue working here," he said.

Xinhua contributed to the story

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