Yangdong workers, officials in talks

Workers at a diesel engine factory in Jiangsu province were in talks with local officials yesterday after days of protests over job security at the troubled firm, locals and police said.

Many of the 2,000 workers at the Yangdong Co Ltd plant in Jiangyan had blocked local highways, surrounded government offices and yelled chants of "Save our jobs", local resident Yu Changjiang told news agency Reuters.

"They went to the city government yesterday to demand action, and I think officials are talking to them today," he said.