Search Results for: PX protests

Jinshan, Shanghai PX Protests Continue

Posted by Sophie Beach | Jun 28, 2015

Reports of a planned paraxylene (PX) plant in Jinshan District, Shanghai, have spurred several...

Minitrue: Maoming PX Protests Spread, More

Posted by Anne Henochowicz | Apr 3, 2014

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...

Sensitive: PX Protests, Tigers, More

Posted by Anne Henochowicz | Apr 2, 2014

As of March 31, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search...

PX Protests, Hollow Victories and Forced Demolitions

Posted by Samuel Wade | Nov 3, 2012

Last weekend, following an increasingly familiar pattern, protests in the coastal city of Ningbo won the promised suspension of a controversial paraxylene (PX) plant. At China Media Project, David Bandurski discussed the role of...

After Protests, State Media Tries to Ease PX Anxiety

Posted by Josh Rudolph | Apr 2, 2014

On Sunday, locals in Maoming, Guangdong Province staged a protest against a proposed paraxylene...

China’s Anti-lockdown Protests and the Quest for Inter-ethnic Solidarity

Posted by Arthur Kaufman | Dec 2, 2022

Last week’s lethal fire in Urumqi, whose death toll is widely believed to have been exacerbated by the government’s pandemic control policies, set off a nationwide wave of mourning gatherings and anti-lockdown protests. Western...