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China Petrochemical Project Opposed
NYT ^ | 05.06.08 | EDWARD WONG

Posted on 05/06/2008 4:12:04 AM PDT by Dr. Marten

Residents took to the streets of a provincial capital over the weekend to protest a multibillion-dollar petrochemical plant backed by China’s leading state-run oil company, in the latest instance of popular discontent over an environmental threat in a major city.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; environment; pollution; protests

1 posted on 05/06/2008 4:12:05 AM PDT by Dr. Marten
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To: TigerLikesRooster; JACKRUSSELL

Ping.


2 posted on 05/06/2008 4:12:40 AM PDT by Dr. Marten
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To: Dr. Marten
Residents took to the streets...

Well! I guess that kind of protest will shut down the project. Maybe not. After all this is China where protesters end up flat on the street.

3 posted on 05/06/2008 4:33:05 AM PDT by FreePaul
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To: Dr. Marten

No Thank you, Mr. Leftist Propaganda Roboto.

4 posted on 05/06/2008 4:59:35 AM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: Dr. Marten

How do you say NIMBY in Chinese?

Are envirowackos even allowed in China?


5 posted on 05/06/2008 6:07:48 AM PDT by CPOSharky (Vote demoncrat: Kiss goodby to your money, privacy, freedom, and guns.)
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To: CPOSharky

They’re not envirowackos in China. If you could see first-hand the state of their environment, you’d know that their concerns are completely valid.

Pollution in China is one of the leading causes for civil unrest in rural areas of China.


6 posted on 05/06/2008 7:30:28 AM PDT by Dr. Marten
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To: CPOSharky

Yes they are welcome there as major organ donars.


7 posted on 05/06/2008 8:34:30 PM PDT by kennyboy509 (Ha! I kill me!)
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