{"id":27478,"date":"2008-10-14T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-14T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:37:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:37:48","slug":"2478-taizhou-opposes-chemical-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/2478-taizhou-opposes-chemical-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Taizhou opposes chemical plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" name=\"Originator\">\n<link href=\"file:\/\/\/C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Ctemp%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml\" rel=\"File-List\" \/><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n \n  Normal\n  0\n  \n  \n  false\n  false\n  false\n  \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n  \n  MicrosoftInternetExplorer4\n \n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>\n\n\n<style>\nst1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }\n<\/style>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n @font-face\n\t{\n\tpanose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;}\n@font-face\n\t{\"\\@SimSun\";\n\tpanose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\"Times New Roman\";}\na:link, span.MsoHyperlink\n\t{color:blue;\n\ttext-decoration:underline;\n\ttext-underline:single;}\na:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed\n\t{color:purple;\n\ttext-decoration:underline;\n\ttext-underline:single;}\n@page Section1\n\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}\ndiv.Section1\n\t{page:Section1;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n table.MsoNormalTable\n\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-fareast-\"Times New Roman\";}\n<\/style>\n\n\n<![endif]-->     <\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>Should it open, the Taizhou plant would make paraxylene (PX), a petrochemical used in polyester. It would be part of a larger petroleum-processing complex costing 60 billion yuan (US$8.8 billion), according to <\/span>reports in the official <i>Taizhou Daily<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>Taizhou residents are using internet blogs and text messages to stage planned protest &ldquo;strolls&rdquo;. One message on a local website (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bbs.taizhou.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/bbs.taizhou.com<\/a>) coordinating the opposition read: &ldquo;Resolutely oppose the PX project. As Taizhou residents, everyone must take some action. We want clear water and green hills, not toxic cash.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>Regional government officials &ndash; whose priority often remains attracting fresh investment and revenue &ndash; are in favour of the plant for Taizhou. Last year, protests against a PX plant planned for another coastal city, Xiamen, led to officials shelving it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/environmentNews\/idUSTRE49C18C20081013?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=environmentNews&amp;sp=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Taizhou, on the coast of east China&rsquo;s Zhejiang province, are mobilising against a proposed chemical plant, Reuters reports. 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