Al Jazeera English
| Oct 28, 2012
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...
Euronews
| Oct 27, 2012
Several hundred Chinese police officers dispersed more than a thousand demonstrators in the eastern city of Ningbo who staged sometimes violent protests against the planned expansion of a petrochemical plant.
LinkAsia
| Feb 29, 2012
It is a common occurrence: local officials seize farmland from the rural poor, sell it to developers and pocket the money. But the villagers of Panhe, Zhejiang, had enough, and last week rose up in protest. Journalist Remko Tanis covered the story...
LinkAsia
| Sep 24, 2012
The recent anti-Japanese protests sweeping through China have been condoned yet tightly controlled by authorities. Contributor Nicole Sy reports from Beijing on one protest that seemed especially staged.
More demonstrations against a planned chemical plant in China. CNN's Ivan Watson reports.