{"id":42155,"date":"2014-09-10T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=42155 "},"modified":"2014-09-10T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T14:10:00","slug":"42155-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=42155","title":{"rendered":"Residents Protest Pollution Amid Fears For Safety in China\\’s Henan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Smoke is discharged from chimneys at an oil refining and chemical plant in China’s Shandong province, Feb. 9, 2014.<\/div>
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Residents of the central Chinese province of Henan are stepping up pressure on local authorities over pollution from a chemical plant near their homes after hundreds of people gathered outside government offices in protest over “foul smells” in their neighborhood.<\/div>
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The chemical plant in Henan’s Huojia county, near Xinxiang city, has been churning out “stinking gases” for years, prompting mounting anger among the local population, residents said on Wednesday.<\/div>
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“It is polluting the air. You can [smell it],” one resident said.<\/div>
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A Huojia resident surnamed Zhang said a number of chemical plants are likely responsible for the odors, which prompted a demonstration outside the Huojia county government headquarters on Tuesday.<\/div>
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“Stinking gases have been coming from there for years now, and some of the local people went to the county government to kick up a fuss,” Zhang said.<\/div>
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“No one who lives in the county’s town area wants this,” he said.<\/div>
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One resident who joined the protest on Tuesday said local people had held up banners outside the gates of the government building complaining about the smell, blocking the street outside.<\/div>
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“Some of the homeowners got a bit excited and were taken away by police,” the resident, who declined to give his name, said.<\/div>
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“I don’t know exactly how many, nor for how long, nor whether they have since been released,” he said.<\/div>
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He said local online chatrooms have been silent on the topic since Tuesday’s protest.<\/div>
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“No one’s saying anything on my QQ group now. They are being put under pressure, so they won’t speak out.”<\/div>
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Meanwhile, some residents have singled out liquefied gas company Languang, saying it is located in a densely populated area, near a kindergarten.<\/div>
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“This company, Languang Gas, supplies Jinan city with liquefied natural gas (LNG),” a resident living near the gas plant told RFA.<\/div>
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“If the gas were to explode, the consequences would be terrible, with a population of around 100,000 people living all around it,” he said.<\/div>
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