Opposition to a chemical plant in China’s Guangdong province spread to Guangzhou on Tuesday as several hundred protesters demonstrated in the provincial capital.
The protests come two days after thousands of residents of Maoming clashed with police in demonstrations against the building of a plant to manufacture paraxylene (PX), a chemical used to make plastic bottles.
While the situation in Maoming had eased by Tuesday, the spread of the protests to Guangzhou will raise the profile of the issue.
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