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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 opened earlier this year. The relocation of the plant to a less-densely populated area was seen as a victory for the protesters. But an explosion and fire at the plant today, due to a faulty hydrogen pipe, has raised new concerns about the safety of large-scale