While we’ve been consumed with our own riot situation last week, I’ve been watching this story unroll in China the last few days: with nothing like the media attention.

The three days of violence flared in the town Xintang – a centre for garment factories – after reports circulated that a pregnant street vendor had been pushed to the ground by municipal police, sending more than 1,000 workers onto the streets.

It should be noted that Xintang is a “centre for garmet factories” and could very well be a place where the hockey shirts are manufactured.

The article mentions the requistion of land, low-level compensation, corruption, and the all round oppression of workers. It also alludes to other recent strikes.