Guangzhou taxi drivers went on strike Tuesday, calling for cuts to monthly license fees, reversal of a plan to put more cabs on the road and a crackdown on unlicensed taxis, South China Morning Post reported, citing state media. Xinhua reported 400 taxis with “operation suspsended” signs on their windshields and claimed some drivers put the number on strike at over 2,000; several drivers told SCMP that up to 70% of the city’s drivers were on strike after the government had ignored their calls. According to the city’s transit authority Guangzhou has about 22,000 cabbies. An online report by the Yangcheng Evening News last night about the strike was quickly rendered inaccessible.
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