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Mon Jul 6 09:31:04 MDT 2009

Mob Killing of Executive Halts Sale of Chinese State Steel Group

Workers fearing job cuts beat man to death

The privatization of a state steel company in China has been scrapped after 
an executive was beaten to death by workers angry at the the threat to their 
jobs , according to a Hong Kong rights group.

Up to 30,000 workers rioted in north-east China late last week in a reminder 
of the sensitivity about job cuts from state companies in industries 
targeted for consolidation.... 