Workers 'abandon' Beijing protest march
04-04-2009
More than 1,000 workers Friday began a march towards Beijing in protest over job losses at a factory in the north of China, but later gave up after authorities intervened, employees and state media said.
Demonstrators travelling by bicycle and on foot had attempted to make the 140 kilometre journey from Baoding city in Hebei province to Beijing to present a petition to the government, the Xinhua news agency said.
