Production has resumed in the toy factory in south China's Guangdong Province where two Uygurs were killed in a brawl, according to local sources on Tuesday.
About 16,000 of the 18,000 workers at the Xuri Toy Factory in Shaoguan of Guangdong have returned to work by Tuesday, including more than 700 workers from the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
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Xinjiang employees smile while working at Xuri toy factory in Shaoguan City, south China's Guangdong Province, July 7, 2009. More than 700 Xinjiang workers went back to work here on Tuesday after renovation of workshop, dormitory and dining-room. Their work had to be suspended after the fight between Uygur and Han ethnic workers at the toy factory on June 26. [Xinhua]
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A dispute among factory workers led to a fight involving hundreds of people on the morning of June 26, leaving two dead and118 injured.
Jin Ling, a female worker with the factory from Nanchang of east China's Jiangxi province, left the factory on June 27 but returned the next day.
"When I came back, I found the production line was open but many workers were absent," she recalled. On that day, only about 3,000 workers went to work.
Life of Uygur workers
Sitting in her dormitory, which has a white mosquito tent, a red bedsheet, a round mirror and a textbook of mandarin Chinese, the 21-year-old Uygur girl Aysumgul Memet said she was learning while working.
"We were worried after the incident a few days ago, but now we are feeling better every day," she said.
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Xinjiang employees work at Xuri toy factory in Shaoguan City, south China's Guangdong Province, July 7, 2009. More than 700 Xinjiang workers went back to work here on Tuesday after renovation of workshop, dormitory and dining-room. Their work had to be suspended after the fight between Uygur and Han ethnic workers at the toy factory on June 26. [Xinhua]
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Busa Regul was only 19 years old, but she is already head of a production group, in charge of gathering the products and registering them.
Although she said the work was tiring sometimes, the girl was satisfied with the salary -- 1,100 yuan to 1,600 yuan (161.8 to 235.3 US dollars) a month.
"I want to learn more so as to find a better job in the future," she beamed.
According to Erbakri Turdi, Party chief of the Minxiang village of Shufu county in Xinjiang, many migrant workers from the region had complaint when they just arrived.
"But the local government is trying to comfort them," he said.
