Xintang

Reuters A migrant worker from Guangdong province collected printed labels inside a jeans factory in Dadun village, part of the Xintang town in southern China, Tuesday.

Asia in Pictures: June 15 2011

Meanwhile, the plight of migrant workers—among the most vulnerable to official abuses—were highlighted Sunday, when police said that 25 people were arrested after a clash between migrant street vendors and security forces in Xintang town near the city of Guangzhou on Saturday night.

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Reuters A motorcyclist looks at a damaged car Tuesday in the Xintang district of the southern Chinese town of Zengcheng, which had been wracked by days of protests.

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The deployment of thousands of riot police appeared to have restored order to Xintang after days of severe rioting

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Managers from 1,200 businesses in the area were called to a meeting on Monday and ordered to "pay good attention to your people and keep a close eye on your front gate," according to the Xintang government's website.

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"We don't want trouble with the police," said another migrant worker from Sichuan who declined to give even his surname but said he was 37 years old and had worked in Xintang for five years, also making jeans.

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Reuters Riot police rest in front of a government office damaged during a riot in the village of Dadun, part of the township of Xintang in Zengcheng near the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Tuesday.

China Stamps Out Southern Unrest Jeremy Page 2011

Meanwhile, the plight of migrant workers—among the most vulnerable to official abuses—were highlighted Sunday, when police said that 25 people were arrested after a clash between migrant street vendors and security forces in Xintang town near the city of Guangzhou on Saturday night.

Chinese Bomb Blast Adds to Unrest Jeremy Page 2011

The massive show of force appeared to have quelled the rioting, which began in the Xintang district on Friday night after security guards pushed to the ground a pregnant migrant street vendor from the western province of Sichuan as they tried to move her food stall off the street.

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Riot police were patrolling major streets, manning checkpoints at almost every intersection and checking identity papers of drivers and pedestrians as darkness fell Tuesday in the Xintang area of Zengcheng, a city of about 800,000 people, roughly half of whom are migrant workers.

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