Chip Starnes

A U.S. executive held captive in his factory was freed on Thursday after a six-day standoff with employees. The co-owner of Florida-based Specialty Medical Supplies, who had been held hostage by workers since Friday in the...

Chip Starnes, the American executive who has been held hostage for six days by disgruntled workers at his factory here, finds himself in a predicament that is far from uncommon in China. His employees at Specialty Medical Supplies, fearing...