Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Sunday, October 28, 2012

More protests in China

By most accounts, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of protests like this in China each year. Not many of them make the world news.  

Protests Against Expansion of China Chemical Plant Turn Violent
A week of protests against the planned expansion of a petrochemical plant in the port city of Ningbo turned violent … when demonstrators attacked police cars and tossed bricks and water bottles at officers, according to accounts from participants posted on the Internet…

In recent years, educated urbanites have harnessed social media to stage street protests against the construction or expansion of factories, mines and refineries…

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