The Event: In cities all over the "Rust Belt," thousands of workers have gathered in protests. In March and April 2002, 30,000 laid-off workers from 20 factories in Liaoyang province took taking part in demonstrations where they shouted "Workers want to eat, workers want a job!" In Fusun, 4,000 to 10,000 workers blocked the main road of the city and gathered outside the management office to demand better unemployment terms. The Question: The Liaoyang and Fusun workers came from what two Chinese industries, among the hardest-hit by the WTO reforms? Event Background: The People's Armed Police, whose main function is to quell unrest in rural and urban areas and the People's Liberation Army were called in to break up the March-April riots. The police also arrested protest leaders, including Yao Fuxin, the leader of the Liaoyang Ferro Alloy workers, who in May of 2003 was sentenced in a controversial hearing to seven years inprisonment.   Steel manufacturing and oil production   Car manufacturing and turbine manufacturing   Computer chip and monitor production Debate What will the WTO mean for China? Economic Survey Will China bypass the U.S. as the world's largest economic power? Photo Essay Track one telecom company's global odyssey. Info-Graphic Ways of balancing profit and principle in the global marketplace.

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