Residents of an eastern Chinese city who have been protesting over a new chemical plant reacted warily on Monday to news the project would be halted, with some continuing to demonstrate.
Authorities in Ningbo city said late Sunday that work on the 55.9-billion-yuan ($8.9-billion) oil refining and petrochemical complex would be called off after thousands of locals clashed with police in a week-long protest.
The demonstrations and apparent victory of local residents is the latest example of environmental activism stemming from public anger over pollution wrought by decades of rapid development.
Outside the Ningbo city government offices on Monday, police sought to disperse a crowd of people still massing outside, though the gathering was peaceful, an AFP journalist, who was briefly detained by police, witnessed.
Despite the government promise to halt the new plant by Chinese petrochemicals giant Sinopec, some Ningbo residents said they feared the city could later revive the project.
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Some Internet users portrayed the stand-off in Ningbo as a victory reflecting growing environmental awareness among Chinese people.
"Mighty Ningbo people! Congratulations on your victory!" said one who gave the name Grail Tao Daowei in a microblog posting.
An editorial in the state-run China Daily newspaper on Monday said a rising number of environmental-related protests showed the "obsession" of local officials with economic development.
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