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Asylum from work

Monday 17 May 1993 23:02 BST
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More than 200 workers at the Harbin Ball Bearing Complex in China bought medical certificates from a local hospital to show they were mentally ill rather than work for a Hong Kong company that they feared would demand efficiency and hard work, Reuter reports from Peking.

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