Tag: Xiamen PX

Protesters in Kunming and Chengdu Fight Pollution

On Saturday, hundreds of people gathered in Kunming, Yunnan to protest plans by China National Petroleum Corporation to build a plant in a nearby town which would produce the hazardous chemical paraxylene (PX). From BBC: Some demonstrators wore symbolic masks and brandished posters warning against the dangers of a paraxylene (PX) spill. “We want to survive, we want health, get PX out of Kunmi

May 4, 2013 10:25 AM

Industrial Projects to Require Risk Assessments to Stem Protests

With large-scale protests over environmental concerns increasing in size and frequency, China’s leaders are under p

November 13, 2012 9:44 AM

PX Protests, Hollow Victories and Forced Demolitions

Last weekend, following an increasingly familiar pattern, protests in the coastal city of Ningbo won the promised suspens

November 3, 2012 12:03 AM

Mixed Views & Fisticuffs Over Shifang Protests (Updated)

An online argument about environmental protests in Sichuan, which halted construction of a large molybdenum copper plant,

July 7, 2012 1:40 AM

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