China: Mass protests challenge polluters
Resistance to rapid industrialization by poisonous industries led to pitched battles between residents and police in many cities
Reid Ross, Alexander
http://climateandcapitalism.com/2014/04/07/china-mass-protests-challenge-polluters/
Date Written: 2014-04-07
Publisher: Climate & Capitalism
Year Published: 2014
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX16133
In spite of a media blackout, protests in the Chinese city of Maoming against a PX (paraxylene) plant have proceeded for the past week. In March 2014 a thousand citizens took to the streets in protest, followed a few days later by 20,000 occupying the area around the government building.
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