At a rare gathering of prominent workers’ rights activists in central China last week, the late arrival of a short, balding 43-year-old man sent a ripple of excitement through the room.
Over the past four years, Huang Xingguo has risen from cashier to middle management at a Walmart store in Changde, Hunan province, that was closed on March 19 as part of a broader restructuring of the retailing group’s struggling China operations.
In the context of the gathering, organised by Duan Yi, one of the country’s best known labour lawyers, the unassuming and softly spoken Mr Huang was a rock star.
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