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ellenrr

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Thu Oct 15, 2015, 07:19 AM Oct 2015

Could this be the Chinese Spring?

China: Four Days of Violent Resistance to Waste Incinerator in Guangdong

"The pollution in the area is so bad that residents fear they and their children will not survive another major source of pollution nearby as the new privately owned waste incinerator would be. Survival is the motivating factor in driving people to the streets time and time again in the South China Province of Guangdong.

Chinese social media reports that protests beginning on October 3rd all day and night blockading roads at the front gate of the private construction company Conch Cement that is working on the incineration plant project, have escalated into riots on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday in the Yangchun City village of Spring Town. Police showed up in large numbers on Friday to clear out the protest, unsuccessfully, several police and other vehicles were overturned and set ablaze."

http://revolution-news.com/china-four-days-of-violent-resistance-to-waste-incinerator-in-guangdong/

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