Hundreds of villagers in China riot against polluting factory
From AFP, via Channelnewsasia.com:
Hundreds of Chinese villagers have marched on a battery factory which they say is poisoning their children and held 1,000 workers hostage, residents and officials said.
About 600 people from Jianxia village in the eastern province of Zhejiang took control of the Zhejiang Tianneng Battery company and barricaded workers inside, resident Han Cheng told AFP Thursday.
But a promise made Thursday afternoon by factory managers to stop production and carry out investigations helped defuse the tense five-day standoff.
