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Gerry Shih

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They helped build Shenzhen, now they are dying because of it

Wang Quanlong, one of about 80 sick drillers who threatened mass suicide if Shenzhen authorities did not pay compensation for pneumoconiosis. Photo: Washington Post photo by Gerry Shih

Labourers from the poor central Chinese province of Hunan drilled the foundations of Shenzhen’s glittering skyline, becoming wealthy without realising the cost to their health.

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