Protesters Take to Streets Again in Kunming
In the second related protest in two weeks, hundreds of people gathered on the streets in Kunming to protest the construction of an oil refinery and paraxylene (PX) plant near the city. The South China...
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Kunming Protests Met with Heavy Police Presence
Thousands of protesters rallied in Kunming on Thursday to oppose the construction of an oil refinery operated by China National Petroleum Corp. (PetroChina). The protests, the second this month, were...
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Ministry of Truth: Kunming Environmental Protest
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Protesters in Kunming. View more photos from today’s events at CDT...
View Article‘Growth First’ Mentality Undermines War on Pollution
China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection a new report on Tuesday, revealing that almost 60% of the groundwater it tested last year rated as ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’, and that nearly 60% of the cities...
View ArticleKunming PX Environmental Assessment Under Fire
Environmental groups have attacked the impact assessment report for a planned PX plant near Kunming, published late last month following major protests against the project. The report deemed risks from...
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Heavy Flooding in Kunming Kills 2
Torrential rains on Thursday and Friday have flooded Kunming, in Yunnan province, as Xinhua News reports that 2 people are dead and 1 still missing in the city’s third major flood since a drought...
View ArticleWill the Public Be Persuaded That PX Is Safe?
The week before last month’s explosion at a Zhangzhou PX plant, a Southern Weekly article [zh] now adapted at chinadialogue explained how the plant became a model for efforts to win public acceptance...
View ArticleAt Least 28 Killed by Knife Attackers in Kunming
Xinhua reports that at least 28 people were killed and more than 100 injured in “an organized, premeditated violent terrorist attack” in Kunming on Saturday evening: 28 civilians died, 113 injured in...
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Sensitive Words: Attack in Kunming
As of March 5, the following search terms were blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). “Kunming Murder Case” by 梦晨伤 Attack in Kunming: After the violent 3/1 attack at...
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Minitrue: Wang Qishan’s Anti-Formalist Outburst
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. State Council Information Office: (1) All websites must delete the...
View ArticleChina Silent On Fatal Kunming Railway Knife Attack
Julie Makinen reports for The Los Angeles Times on the Chinese government’s silence after the March Kunming railway knife attacks which took the lives of 29 and injured more than 140: Reporters leaped...
View Article21 Arrested Over Deadly Land Clash in Yunnan
After a deadly clash that arose out of a months running land dispute in Jinning, Yunnan Province earlier this month—in which nine died, several of whom were reportedly construction workers that were...
View ArticleDeath Sentences Upheld in Kunming Attack Case
Xinhua reports that a Chinese court has upheld the death sentences of three men implicated in the violent attack that killed 31 people and injured more than 100 others at a railway station in Kunming...
View ArticleProsperity, Stability, Control: Beijing’s Clashing Priorities
Economic growth and poverty reduction are two of the Chinese Communist Party’s core goals and sources of legitimacy. Last week, a Wall Street Journal columnist and a U.N. special rapporteur argued that...
View ArticleVoices of Protest: “If Not for the People, Where Would You Be?”
“Voices of Protest” is a special edition of CDT’s monthly “Voices of…” video series. This 15-minute video is a compilation of video footage, images, and audio from the large, spontaneous public...
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