According to the company , Early Light Industrial ensures the welfare of its employees by managing factories in compliance with the CARE process of the International Council of Toy Industries ( ICTI ) ; it contributes to local relief funds during times of crisis and research and social development foundations . Nevertheless , the company 's Shaoguan factory became the focus of world attention when it was the centre of a factory brawl which , according to official sources , killed 2 and injured 118 people , most of which Uyghurs , and which has been widely cited as the incident which resulted in street protests , and subsequently riots , in the Xinjiang capital of Ürümqi in July 2009 . The factory , located in Wujiang District , employs some 16,000 workers . At the behest of the Guangdong authorities , it hired 800 workers from Kashgar , as part of an ethnic program which relocated 200,000 young Uyghurs since the start of 2008
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Shaoguan incident
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