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The Dongzhou protests refers to a series of protests that took place for seven months until December 2005 in Dongzhou (东洲), a subdistrict in Shanwei prefecture, Guangdong Province, China. The protests were organized in opposition to government plans to partially infill the bay and build a new power plant.
Protests in Huashui: environmental protests ran through March and April. March 14 – Anti-Secession Law: The People's Republic of China ratifies an anti-secession law, aimed at preventing Taiwan from declaring independence even though it had been independent since 1949. [1]
The anti-Japanese demonstrations of 2005 were a series of demonstrations, some peaceful, some violent, which were held across most of East Asia in the spring of 2005. They were sparked off by a number of issues, including the approval of a Japanese history textbook and the proposal that Japan be granted a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
The 2005 Huashui protest took place in Huashui (画水) Town, Dongyang (东阳) County, Zhejiang Province (浙江省) in March and April 2005. The Huashui protest began as opposition to pollution from the Zhuxi Chemical Industrial Park (竹溪工业园), which had been affecting villages in the area since its construction in 2001. [ 1 ]
The number of annual protests has grown steadily since the early 1990s, from approximately 8,700 "mass group incidents" in 1993 [2] to over 87,000 in 2005. [3] In 2006, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences estimated the number of annual mass incidents to exceed 90,000, and Chinese sociology professor Sun Liping estimated 180,000 incidents in ...
In a rare display of defiance, protests have erupted across China over the government’s so-called zero-COVID policy. In a rare display of defiance, protests have erupted across China over the ...
WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005: Nations participating: 148 Opening ceremony: 13 December 2005 Closing ceremony: 18 December 2005 Officially opened by: Hong Kong SAR: Conference venue: HKCEC, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Number of protesters: 10,000 Number of NGOs: 12 Budget: HK$ 250 million Website: The Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference
The Chinese foreign ministry, which has criticized every effort by the U.S. to crack down on tech exports to China, said in a statement it opposed the move and that the U.S. was "over-stretching ...