Labour lawyer Duan Yi (C), who is representing one of the defendants, speaks to the media outside a court in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, in this April 15, 2014 file picture. REUTERS/John Ruwitch/Files
SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - When local officials warned striking shoe factory workers in China's Pearl River Delta this summer that they were breaking the law, a slight, bespectacled figure barely 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 metres) tall faced them down.
"Where is the law that says striking is illegal? If this activity is prohibited by the law, then you need to say so with crystal clarity. Which law is it?" labour lawyer Duan Yi said he told them, with his characteristic growl.
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