Workers at Citizen's China factory on strike over pay - media


HONG KONG (Reuters) - Some 2,000 workers at a south China factory that manufactures parts for Japanese watchmaker Citizen Holdings Co Ltd have been on strike since Monday over work conditions and overtime pay, Hong Kong media reported.

The strike, the latest of a series that have hit China's southern manufacturing hub in the past year, brings low pay, runaway inflation and difficult work conditions in the region into focus.

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