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Chinese workers destroy Panasonic factory from within

As a number of Japanese-owned firms suspend operations today amid recent violent anti-Japanese protests spread throughout China, M.I.C. Gadget writer Star Chang has come across photographs which show the extent of internal sabotage at one Panasonic factory in Zhuhai.

Also in Chang's post is video footage from within a now-closed Canon factory, showing workers calling for a strike.

 

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