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Liu Zhen

Villagers clashed with police during a stand-off over an incinerator project in a southern Chinese city on Saturday, according to a local government statement.
Authorities in Yangchun city in Guangdong province said no one was injured in the incident, although photos posted on social media indicate violence flared during the protest.
One picture shows a vehicle burning in the middle of a road; while another shows a police officer, apparently unconscious, being dragged by two men.

More than a hundred protesters were involved, the photos suggest, although some people posted comments online saying ten times as many people took part.
The incident occurred beside a cement factory in Chunwan town under Yangchun, a city of more than a million residents.

The government statement released on Sunday said 11 participants had been taken away and no one had been injured. Three vehicles were damaged, it said, adding the factory was cooperating with the incinerator project.
“Currently the society is largely stable,” it said.
Plans to build rubbish incinerators have been met with large protests in several Guangdong cities in recent years, with residents arguing they belt out pollution too close to ther homes.
In April, authorities in Luoding city cancelled their project following a protest that involved up to 10,000 people by some accounts.
In July 2013, a similar number of residents protested against plans to build a refuse incinerator in a hub for leather-goods manufacturing in Shiling village under Guangzhou.


Vehicles damaged as villagers in southern Chinese town protest plans for incinerator

Photos posted on social media purportedly show villagers facing off against the police over plans for an incinerator in Chunwan town in Guangdong. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Photos posted on social media show an apparently unconscious police officer being dragged by two men. Photos: SCMP Pictures

A vehicle burns in an image posted on social media, said to show the violence that broke out in Chunwan town in Guangdong. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Incinerator plan cancelled after thousands join violent protests in Chinese town

Three police cars were vandalised and flipped during the protest against the Langtang incinerator. Photo: SCMP Pictures

A police duty office was vandalised in the protest against the Langtang incinerator. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Chinese police face off against protesters in Langtang. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Langtang villagers face off against police in a protest over an incinerator. Photo: SCMP Pictures

10,000 join protest against Guangzhou refuse incinerator

Some of the thousands of residents who protested against the plan for a refuse incinerator in Huadu district. Photo: SCMP

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Vehicles damaged as villagers in southern Chinese town protest plans for incinerator

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Eleven people taken away over incident in Chunwan in Guangdong province and order has been restored, official statement says

Eleven people taken away over incident in Chunwan in Guangdong province and order has been restored, official statement says