Chinese workers deported from Saudi Arabia over pay dispute...

Twenty-three Chinese workers have been deported by Saudi Arabia after being arrested earlier this week for going on a strike in protest against "low pay", the Chinese embassy in Riyadh said Wednesday.

It could not be confirmed when exactly they went on strike but reports said it was before Saturday, said a newspaper based in Chengdu where all the workers are from.

About 200 workers from a suburb of Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, working on a construction site roughly 1,000-km north of Riyadh, were part of the protest, Chengdu Business Daily said. More...

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