Residents of Haimen, a 130,000-strong town in the province of Guangdong, are demanding a coal-fired plant be moved, claiming it is damaging their health.
Demonstrators are claiming a 15-year-old boy had been killed and more than 100 others badly beaten by riot police, but this has yet to be confirmed. They are part of an upsurge in social unrest in Guangdong, China's wealthiest province and the country's manufacturing hub.
The de-facto rebel leaders, who fear arrest, have issued a set of concessions in return for calling off the protest.
"The government must give us legal status and remove our criminal suspect title. They must do publicly. They also remove the blockade around the village. And they must release three of our village campaigners from custody,
Sources:
Telegraph
Demonstrators are claiming a 15-year-old boy had been killed and more than 100 others badly beaten by riot police, but this has yet to be confirmed. They are part of an upsurge in social unrest in Guangdong, China's wealthiest province and the country's manufacturing hub.
The de-facto rebel leaders, who fear arrest, have issued a set of concessions in return for calling off the protest.
"The government must give us legal status and remove our criminal suspect title. They must do publicly. They also remove the blockade around the village. And they must release three of our village campaigners from custody,
Sources:
Telegraph
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