Shifang protest
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 114 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5148-9252-5
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Shifang protest was a large-scale environmental protest in the southwestern Chinese city of Shifang, Sichuan province, against a copper plant that residents feared posed environmental and public health risks. The protests spanned from the 1–3 July 2012, and drew thousands of participants. Police were dispatched to break up the demonstrations, and reportedly shot tear gas and stun grenades into the crowd. Chinese authorities said some protesters has stormed a government building and smashed vehicles. Images and video of the protest circulated on the microblogs and social networking websites throughout China, some showing the protesters—many of them students—badly beaten. The protests ended late on July 3 with the local government announcing that it had terminated construction of the metals plant and releasing all but six protesters who had been taken into custody. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в...