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Police in the southern Chinese city of Maoming arrested 44 protesters against a paraxylene plant, and defended the violent actions they took against peaceful crowds recently.

On March 30, tens of thousands protested in Maoming City of southern China’s Guangdong Province against the local government launching a petrochemical plant in the city.

Over 2,000 Chinese gathered in the capital of Yunnan Province for the second time in two weeks to protest against a chemical refinery.

Chengdu authorities have been trying to prevent protests over a huge petrochemical plant being built on a fault line in Sichuan.