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[Note: The China Post and HRIC reports below both mention two strikes---at Huanxin and Yixin, according to HRIC; no names in the China Post report---but the CLB report suggests that both factories belong to Yixin, as does the corporate profile I have linked below, and as the incidents happened in the same city on roughly the same day, I am counting them as one strike. The profiles also suggest this is a private, domestic company].

From the China Post:

Hundreds of angry workers protested outside two Shanghai electronics factories on Wednesday, claiming the plants had halted production without giving them overdue pay.

Workers’ protests have become common in south China this year as the global economic slump forces the closure of thousands of small plants. But this week’s demonstrations are believed to be among the first major protests in Shanghai, China’s commercial capital.

From Human Rights in China:

12月8日，上海闵行区台资电子厂宜鑫实业有限公司的上千名工人冲击厂门，并且堵路示威，要求追讨欠薪。300名警察到场，工人与警方爆发冲突，有工人被打伤。据悉，该工厂近期因裁员及拖欠工资引发该次示威。12月9日，位于上海市青浦区凤溪镇的上海奂鑫控电子元件厂近千名工人也在厂区静坐示威,要求厂方在年前补发拖欠6个月的加班费和奖金。

From CLB:

9-10 December. Huangxin Electronic Components Factory, under Yixin Industry, Shanghai. After bankruptcy, workers demand payment of wages in arrears and a subsidy for working in a high-temperature environment. Sit-in outside plant, roadblock. Police issue warnings; outcome unclear.