1月19日，福建晋江加来盟鞋厂数百名工人集体罢工，抗议工价一降再降，导致工人每天工作十多个小时，每月工资却只有3000元左右。
January 19: Hundreds of workers at the Jialaimeng shoe factory in Jinjiang, Fujian went on a collective strike to protest repeated cuts in piece-rate wages. The reductions have forced workers to work more than ten hours a day, yet their monthly pay is only around 3,000 yuan.