This BBC article provides a very dry overview of the lorry driver's strike in Shanghai. The article's first paragraph gives a very concise summary of the situation and the paragraph immediately after reports what the local government spokesperson announced. The article is vague on the details and the analysis is very brief and superficial.
The Shanghaiist article, printed on April 21st, is a bit more dramatic, using words and phrases such as "hundreds of angry truck drivers", "refused to take part", "smashed by protesting drivers", and "unconfirmed rumours of the death of at least one protestor". The focus is more on the protesters, and the framing is very personalized. The article consists mostly of pictures of the protest.
The Financial Times article (April 24th) on the other hand, gives a more aggregate view of the situation. The writing style is very similar to that of New York Times and the Economist (it should be noted that the group that owns FT also has a large share in the Economist). The article begins with an interview with a "wizened" driver from Henan and the rest of the article is littered with soundbites from other drivers. At the same time, it also reports from the macro-level, giving national statistics as well as an overview of the trucking industry. There is only one sentence mentioning the strike (although this may be because the article was published a week after the strike).
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