Jinshan, Shanghai PX Protests Continue
Reports of a planned paraxylene (PX) plant in Jinshan District, Shanghai, have spurred several...
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LatestEnvironmental Protest Continues for Fifth Day
At RFA, Wei Ling and Wen Yuqing report that a protest against a paraxylene (PX) plant rumored to...
Minitrue: Fujian PX Explosion
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Drawing the News: The PX Equation
Following an explosion at a chemical plant in Fujian, cartoonist Rebel Pepper has translated...
Environmental Transparency in China Still Lacking
At Marketplace, Rob Schmitz reports police obstruction and intimidation in Chengdu, where he was...
Sensitive Words: Maoming PX Protest
As of April 5, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for...
Maoming Protests Continue, Officials Admit Injuries
Protests that began Sunday against a proposed paraxylene (PX) plant in Maoming, Guangdong...
Minitrue: Maoming PX Protests Spread, More
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Sensitive: PX Protests, Tigers, More
As of March 31, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search...
After Protests, State Media Tries to Ease PX Anxiety
On Sunday, locals in Maoming, Guangdong Province staged a protest against a proposed paraxylene...
Hundreds Protest Chemical Plant in Guangdong
Reuters reports that hundreds of residents of Maoming, in Guangdong Province, marched against a...
China’s Environment in 2013
For Shanghaiist, chinadialogue editor Sam Geall reviews ten major environmental stories from China...
Will the Public Be Persuaded That PX Is Safe?
The week before last month’s explosion at a Zhangzhou PX plant, a Southern Weekly article...
Explosion at PX Plant Reignites Safety Concerns
In 1997, widespread protests against a paraxylene (PX) plant in Xiamen, Fujian forced officials to change their plans and launched the NIMBY movement in China. The plant was moved to inland Zhangzhou, and was completed and...
Protests Win Written Pledge of Uranium Plant’s Cancellation
After three successive days of demonstrations (see pictures at Tea Leaf Nation and Global Voices), protesters in Jiangmen, Guangdong won a written guarantee on Monday that a planned uranium processing plant nearby would not go...
Kunming PX Environmental Assessment Under Fire
Environmental groups have attacked the impact assessment report for a planned PX plant near Kunming, published late last month following major protests against the project. The report deemed risks from the plant...
People’s Daily Says PX No More Harmful Than Coffee
Following a series of anti-paraxylene (PX) demonstrations across China, including recent episodes in Kunming and Chengdu, People’s Daily declared on Monday that the petrochemical is no more carcinogenic than coffee. Li...
Environmental Protests a “Sign of Unequal Society”
While Kunming authorities won praise for their handling of demonstrations against a nearby PX plant early this month, subsequent episodes have driven them to unusual and illegal measures against further protest. Real-name...
