Protests against proposed chemical plant in Maoming spread in Guangdong

A protest against a proposed chemical project in Maoming has spread to other cities in Guangdong. About 20 people took to the streets in downtown Shenzhen on Thursday morning in heavy rains, demanding authorities halt the Maoming project. On Tuesday, 200 people took to the streets of Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong, as part of the same demonstration.




Violence, arrests in Guangdong city of Maoming as locals rally against petrochemical plant
A Sunday rally against a petrochemical plant in the southern Chinese Province of Guangdong was instigated by “a group of outlaws,” the Maoming city government said, reacting to a rare show of public discontent in a city plagued by corruption scandals. Photos uploaded to social media showed several people lying seemingly unconscious in pools of blood on the southern city’s streets. The participants in the protest speak of arbitrary violence by members of the police against peaceful demonstrators. The Maoming government said on Monday that some demonstrators provoked police action by throwing rocks and water bottles at public facilities around 10.30pm on Sunday.