Jinshan, Shanghai PX Protests Continue
Reports of a planned paraxylene (PX) plant in Jinshan District, Shanghai, have spurred several...
by Sophie Beach | Jun 28, 2015
Reports of a planned paraxylene (PX) plant in Jinshan District, Shanghai, have spurred several...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jun 26, 2015
At RFA, Wei Ling and Wen Yuqing report that a protest against a paraxylene (PX) plant rumored to...
by Josh Rudolph | Apr 7, 2015
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
by Sophie Beach | Apr 7, 2015
Following an explosion at a chemical plant in Fujian, cartoonist Rebel Pepper has translated...
by Samuel Wade | Jul 16, 2014
At Marketplace, Rob Schmitz reports police obstruction and intimidation in Chengdu, where he was...
by Anne Henochowicz | Apr 7, 2014
As of April 5, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for...
by Josh Rudolph | Apr 3, 2014
Protests that began Sunday against a proposed paraxylene (PX) plant in Maoming, Guangdong...
by Anne Henochowicz | Apr 3, 2014
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
by Anne Henochowicz | Apr 2, 2014
As of March 31, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search...
by Josh Rudolph | Apr 2, 2014
On Sunday, locals in Maoming, Guangdong Province staged a protest against a proposed paraxylene...
by Scott Greene | Apr 1, 2014
Reuters reports that hundreds of residents of Maoming, in Guangdong Province, marched against a...
by Samuel Wade | Dec 31, 2013
For Shanghaiist, chinadialogue editor Sam Geall reviews ten major environmental stories from China...
by Samuel Wade | Aug 14, 2013
The week before last month’s explosion at a Zhangzhou PX plant, a Southern Weekly article...
by Sophie Beach | Jul 30, 2013
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...
by Samuel Wade | Jul 15, 2013
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...
by Samuel Wade | Jul 7, 2013
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...
by Cindy | Jun 25, 2013
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...
by Samuel Wade | May 31, 2013
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...