[marcochina]

Tens of thousands of residents gathered Monday in front of the Shifang city government protest against the serious pollution of the construction of the molybdenum-copper smelter.

The government ordered the military police opened fire to the masses.

Reporters at the scene shot at least 100 photo of people injured with bullet!

More than 100 people were injured, including seniors, women and children.

There is aslo a report that a child was killed in the conflict site.

Shifang City in Sichuan Province known as the hometown of Chinese mineral water.

They want you American could help them in some way.

“Help!Someone!Save our homes and environment for the next generation.” read one protest banner, according to a picture posted on microblog.

"We only want to protect our home, unwilling turn children into children with cancer."a local resident said.

[Old_Hat]

The BBC reports the planned construction of the plant has been aborted.

Plans to build a copper alloy plant in Sichuan province have been scrapped following violent protests by residents, a Chinese official says.

Officials in Shifang posted a statement on the city's Twitter-like Weibo account on Tuesday evening announcing the move.

"Shifang will not build this project henceforth," Shifang Communist Party head Li Chengjing said in the post.

The decision was made in response to public concerns, he added.

Sichuan Hongda, the company building the plant, said in a notice posted on the Shanghai Stock Exchange website that it had stopped construction after receiving a notice from the Shifang city government.

The plant would have boosted the city's economy and created jobs to aid recovery from the devastating 2008 Sichuan earthquake, said Mr Li in the statement.

But he acknowledged that authorities had failed to inform the public about the project, resulting in a lack of understanding and support.

The move came after protests on Sunday and Monday in Shifang involving large crowds of residents.

Local authorities said hundreds of residents and students were involved in the protests, while state-run Global Times, quoting an unnamed police officer, said "several thousand" took part.

Both police and residents were injured in the clashes as bottles were thrown and cars damaged, they said.

A city government notice on Wednesday said that of the 27 people who were taken away, six remained in detention and the rest had been released.

"The remaining 21 people, after receiving criticism and education and repenting for their mistakes, were released at 11p.m. on 3 July," the government said on Wednesday.

[marcochina]

@old-hat

But the local authorities are still arresting people involved in the protest.

And refused to apologize for the innocent people who been hurt by the government.

[mikema63]

Short of invading China I see little that can be done, the Chinese governments relationship is very unstable with the US, we are economically co-dependent and the US government doesn't really have much leverage over China.

[marcochina]

A girl fell on the groud after hit by a bullet.

[Decky]

What do you expect the Americans to do about it exactly? They won't make any money fighting other peoples battles so they are unlikely to do so.

[Corporatios]

I am impressed of how modern the city and the people's clothes look. I would suspect it was Japan or South Korea if not mentioned.

There seems to be extreme violence, but besides that, things like these happen all over the western world constantly. At least the protests have payed off and none has been killed.

[marcochina]

I am impressed of how modern the city and the people's clothes look. I would suspect it was Japan or South Korea if not mentioned.

There seems to be extreme violence, but besides that, things like these happen all over the western world constantly. At least the protests have payed off and none has been killed.

You mean you'll help them only after one of them was killed,don't you?

[benpenguin]

好一个他妈的带路党。