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July 28th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Protests against environmental degradation have increased in China, where
three decades of rapid and unfettered industrial expansion have taken their
toll.
The sewage pipe from the paper mill discharges into the sea in the port of
Lusi, one of four fishing harbours in Qidong, one protestor, who for safety
reasons only gave her name as Qin, told AFP.
Discharges were set to climb to 150,000 tonnes of sewage a day when the mill
was fully operational, according to residents quoted Friday by the state-run
Global Times newspaper. Construction on the mill started in 2007.
Qin said there were 50,000 demonstrators, while a microblogger using the name
Qidong Longhuisheng estimated numbers at 100,000.
“There are people everywhere, on walls, cars, rooftops, in streets,”
said another microblog user writing under the name Jiaojiaotaotailang,
adding that “the air is filled with the smell of alcohol, and there are
sounds of breaking glass”.
Searches including “Qidong” were blocked Saturday on Sina Weibo,
which has more than 250 million subscribers.
The move to close the paper mill comes after Chinese authorities this month
scrapped plans to build a metals plant in the southwest province of Sichuan
following violent protests by local residents concerned about the planned
factory’s environmental impact.
The Chinese government warned Friday that security would be tightened
throughout the country ahead of a major Communist Party Congress this
autumn, which should see a new generation of leaders take over the reins of
power.
Source: agencies
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