China Protesters Ransack Government Building, Shut Down Waste Project

A protest in Qidong, China, saw a mayor stripped of his shirt, as residents tried to shut down a planned industrial project that they said was pollutive.
China Protesters Ransack Government Building, Shut Down Waste Project
Thousands of residents fill one of the squares in Qidong, Jiangsu Province, China, on July 28. Weibo.com
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Tens of thousands of residents in a small city of China broke through a police blockade and raided a government building on July 28, at one stage apprehending the mayor and stripping him of his shirt, in an attempt to have an industrial project shut down.

Residents of Qidong City were incensed with plans to divert wastewater into an estuary near the city, for a nearby Japanese paper manufacturer.