Abstract
ACCORDING TO REPORTS from a variety of news agencies, villagers in China's Zhejiang province, south of Shanghai, are protesting pollution from recently built chemical plants. Thousands of residents of Huaxi, near the city of Dongyang, reportedly fought off police sent to break up the demonstration and remained in control of their town as C&EN went to press. The Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post, whose reporter was arrested as he left the protest site, reports that villagers started blockading a road leading to a chemical plant on March 24 after local and central government officials refused to listen to their complaints. The protest turned violent on April 10 when hundreds of police officers sent to remove the roadblock started clubbing elderly protesters, and rumors flew that one older woman had been killed. Villagers rioted, pelting police with rocks and overturning cars. About 80 officers were injured, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency. Villagers have ...
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