A group of 40 construction workers took to looting, rioting, vandalism, mayhem, and Gangnam Style on Monday in Wuhan, Hubei province to protest unpaid wages. Reports are that they’re owed 233,000 yuan from their company. With no other recourse, a man surnamed Lu, the contractor, organized a group Gangnam dance in front of a concert hall. Another protester/dancer said he needs his wages to travel home for Spring Festival and keep his three children in school.
You remember the days when, in order to grab media attention for your cause, you had to overturn cars, hold people hostage, and blow yourself up? This is much better. We hope these workers succeed.
Apologies for being two days late with this, by the way — The Times, Guardian, Global Post, China Daily (linked above) are among the big-name publications already on the story — but we’re really rooting for these guys. The pictures below are from Caixin Online:
(H/T Eric Fish)
If it was I who owed them money, I would have paid them to stop dancing. what is it with mainland Chinese and this stupid South Korean dance?
Yeah! Gangnam Style was completely shunned by the rest of the world. When is China going to get a clue?
That first pic, thats the ”launching jetplane from aircraft carrier”’isnt it?