Economic Inequality Underlies Hong Kong Protests
Over the past week, the protesters in Hong Kong have focused on well-defined political demands,...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Oct 6, 2014
Over the past week, the protesters in Hong Kong have focused on well-defined political demands,...
Read MorePosted by Anne Henochowicz | Aug 18, 2014
Chinese political cartoonist Wang Liming, aka Rebel Pepper (变态辣椒), has found himself the subject...
Read MorePosted by Anne Henochowicz | Apr 7, 2014
As of April 5, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for...
Read MorePosted by Josh Rudolph | Apr 3, 2014
Protests that began Sunday against a proposed paraxylene (PX) plant in Maoming, Guangdong...
Read MorePosted by Samuel Wade | Aug 14, 2013
The week before last month’s explosion at a Zhangzhou PX plant, a Southern Weekly article...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Anne Henochowicz | Jul 3, 2013
As of July 2, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). Hong Kong Protests: Thousands of pro-democracy advocates marched in Hong Kong on July 1, the anniversary of the...
Read MorePosted by Anne Henochowicz | Jul 1, 2013
As of July 1, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). Hong Kong Protests: As Typhoon Rumbia threatened to interrupt, the Civil Human Rights Front continued its march...
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