Qidong China Protest Photos
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Local residents clash with the police in front of a local government building during a protest against an industrial waste pipeline under constructionin Qidong, Jiangsu province July 28, 2012. Chinese officials cancelled an industrial waste pipeline project on Saturday after anti-pollutiondemonstrators occupied the government office in eastern China, destroying computers and overturning cars.The demonstration was the latest in a string of protests sparked by fears of environmental degradation and
highlights the social tensions the government in Beijing faces as it approaches a leadership transition this year. Reuters
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A police officer bleeds after clashing with local residents in front of a local government building during a protest against an industrial waste pipeline under constructionin Qidong, Jiangsu Province July 28, 2012. Reuters |
A woman, with her face covered in blood, is helped by demonstrators after clashes with police during protest against an industrial waste pipeline under constructionin Qidong, Jiangsu Province July 28, 2012. Reuters |
Local residents, holding banner which reads «Against the Oji Paper Group, protect our homeland», shout as they gather to protest against plans for a water dischargeproject in Qidong, China Saturday, July 28, 2012. AP |
A group of protesters overturn a car near the local government office compound in the coastal city of Qidong, near Shanghai, in the eastern China provinceof Jiangsu on July 28, 2012. Getty |
Local residents gather around scattered documents and an overturned car during a protest against plans for a water discharge project in Qidong,China Saturday, July 28, 2012. AP |
Local residents surround a vehicle after they overturned it, as they gather to protest against plans for a water discharge project in Qidong, China Saturday,July 28, 2012. AP |
Armed police officers head to the local government office building where local residents gathered to protest against plans for a water discharge project inQidong, China Saturday, July 28, 2012. AP |
Local residents stand on smashed cars as they occupy the local government building during a protest against an industrial waste pipeline under constructionin Qidong, Jiangsu Province July 28, 2012. Reuters |
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Police beat a protestor on the ground (not pictured) outside the local government offices in the coastal city of Qidong, near Shanghai,in the eastern China province of Jiangsuon July 28, 2012. Getty Police restrain a protestor outside the local government offices in the coastal city of Qidong, near Shanghai, in the eastern
China province of Jiangsu on July 28, 2012. Getty |
A police officer is thrown to the ground by protesters near the local government office building Saturday July 28, 2012 in Qidong, Jiangsu Province, China.Authorities in eastern China dropped plans for a water-discharge project Saturday after thousands of protesters angry about pollution took to the streets,in the latest of many such confrontations in a country where three decades of rapid economic expansion have come at an environmental price. AP |
Protesters and police clash outside the local government offices in Qidong in the eastern China province of Jiangsu on July 28, 2012. Getty![[Image]](https://i0.wp.com/cryptome.org/2012-info/qidong/pict45.jpg) ![[Image]](https://i0.wp.com/cryptome.org/2012-info/qidong/pict50.jpg) |
A line of paramilitary police makes its way through protesters outside the local government offices inQidong in the eastern China province of Jiangsu on July 28, 2012. Getty![[Image]](https://i0.wp.com/cryptome.org/2012-info/qidong/pict68.jpg) |
![[Image]](https://i0.wp.com/cryptome.org/2012-info/qidong/pict69.jpg) ![[Image]](https://i0.wp.com/cryptome.org/2012-info/qidong/pict73.jpg) Protesters and police gather outside the local government offices inQidong in the eastern China province of Jiangsu on July 28, 2012.Thousands of demonstrators protested against alleged pollution from a paper factory in this eastenChina city and clashed with police after they seized bottles of liquor and wine from
the offices along with cartons of cigarettes, items which Chinese officials frequently receive as bribes. Getty
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Police officers guard the local government office building Saturday July 28, 2012 in Qidong, Jiangsu Province, China. AP |
Protesters stand as police officers guard the local government office building Saturday July 28, 2012 in Qidong, Jiangsu Province, China. AP |
Vehicles damaged by protesters are seen at the local government office building Saturday July 28, 2012 in Qidong, Jiangsu Province, China. AP |
A protester stands in front of a lines of riot police officers Saturday July 28, 2012 in Qidong, Jiangsu Province, China. AP |
Protesters, right, confront with police officers, left, near the local government office building Saturday July 28, 2012 in Qidong, Jiangsu Province, China. AP |
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