DONGGUAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 18: Workers wait to get their defaulted salary in the Junling Branch Factory of Smart Union Group (Holdings) Limited. , a Hong Kong listed company and supplier to US Mattel Inc, at Zhangmutou Township on October 18, 2008 in Dongguan of Guangdong Province, southern China. Over 6,500 workers lost their jobs after the Hong Kong-listed Smart Union Group (Holdings) Limited. , one of the world's biggest toy makers, closed two factories in Dongguan amid global financial crisis. Experts forcast that millions could lost their jobs in smaller foreign-invested manufacturers in the Pearl River Delta as the financial crisis has affected South China. Getty Images logo Getty Images 12 months ago

DONGGUAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 18: Workers wait to get their defaulted salary in the Junling Branch Factory of Smart Union Group (Holdings) Limited. , a Hong Kong listed company and supplier to US Mattel Inc, at Zhangmutou Township on October 18, 2008 in Dongguan of Guangdong Province, southern China. Over 6,500 workers lost their jobs after the Hong Kong-listed Smart Union Group (Holdings) Limited. , one of the world's biggest toy makers, closed two factories in Dongguan amid global financial crisis. Experts forcast that millions could lost their jobs in smaller foreign-invested manufacturers in the Pearl River Delta as the financial crisis has affected South China.

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