China Halts Chemical Factory Expansion After Protests

October 28, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

Chinese authorities are halting work on the expansion of a chemical factory after a week of protests that saw thousands of people demonstrating in the eastern port city of Ningbo. They say the plant uses harmful chemicals. The protests come just as the country gets ready for a major transition of power. Al Jazeera's Caroline Malone reports.

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Ningbo

Ningbo is a seaport city in the northeast of Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Holding sub-provincial administrative status and separate state-planning status, as of the 2010 census, the municipality has a population of 7,605,700 inhabitants, 3,491,000 of whom res... Explore this topic

Protest

An act of defiance or objection by an individual or group of people. Protests can take many forms: peaceful or violent, direct or indirect, large or small. Protests in the news are often political in nature, as groups of citizens voice their disagreement or dissatisfaction. Pr... Explore this topic

Chemical plant

A chemical plant is an industrial process plant that manufactures chemicals, usually on a large scale. The general objective of a chemical plant is to create new material wealth via the chemical or biological transformation and or separation of materials. Chemical plants use s... Explore this topic

Chemical industry

The chemical industry comprises the companies that produce industrial chemicals. Central to the modern world economy, it converts raw materials into more than 70,000 different products. Explore this topic

Carcinogen

A carcinogen is any substance, radionuclide, or radiation that is an agent directly involved in causing cancer. This may be due to the ability to damage the genome or to the disruption of cellular metabolic processes. Several radioactive substances are considered carcinogens, ... Explore this topic

Port

A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land. Port locations are selected to optimize access to land and navigable water, for commercial demand, and for shelter from wind and waves. Po... Explore this topic

Riot police

Pořádková jednotka je skupina policistů, kteří jsou organizováni a vycvičení k udržení situace a konfrontace davů lidí, protestů či výtržností. Pořádkoví policisté mohou být i obyčejní policisté jednající za samotnou pořádkovou jednotku v konkrétní situaci nebo mohou být přiřa... Explore this topic

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