Tag Archives: NIMBY

Ningbo will ‘resolutely not have the PX project’

Unmentioned in almost every other newspaper in the country, but right in the middle of the front page of the Ningbo Daily (宁波日报) today is a brief announcement: Ningbo will resolutely not have the PX project. After protests all of last week against an expansion project … Continue reading

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Chengdu “strolling” protesters arrested

The Beijing News (新京报): four persons involved in the May 4 protest in Chengdu were detained under charges of "fabricating and spreading rumors, distortion (炒作), incitement to riot and illegal demonstration.&quot

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NIMBY protest hits Chengdu

Protests against a PetroChina plant in Chengdu.

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