BEIJING (AP) — A fire breaks out in a Chinese factory, and panicked workers discover one exit after another is locked. That describes not only the poultry plant fire that killed 119 people Monday, but a toy-factory blaze that left 87 workers dead 20 years earlier.The similarities between the two worst factory fires in China’s history suggest that little has changed for industrial workers even as the country has transformed its economy.
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