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Shifang uprising halts controversial copper plant proposal

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

(July 5, 2012) Violent, public protest in China has halted construction of a controversial copper alloy plant in Shifang City, in Sichuan province. In a country with no free press, people left reeling by social media reports of police brutality took to the Internet to intervene. Meanwhile, the nation’s civil rights movement views the Shifang stand-off against government and industry as a turning point for citizen activism, with youth the drivers of a grassroots momentum to fight back. Continue reading →

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Thousands of Chinese citizens protest forced resettlement by hydro dam, clash with police

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

(March 31, 2011) Thousands of Chinese residents displaced by the Xiangjiaba hydrodam protest China’s resettlement policies. Continue reading →

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