Demonstrators display posters reading "Kunming PX" in a rally against a planned paraxylene plant.
Demonstrators display posters reading "Kunming PX" in a rally against a planned paraxylene plant.
Chengdu people "walk" against the construction of a PX plant.
Chengdu people "walk" against the construction of a PX plant.
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Updated: 7:20am, 20 May, 2013

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Demonstrators display posters reading "Kunming PX" in a rally against a planned paraxylene plant.
Demonstrators display posters reading "Kunming PX" in a rally against a planned paraxylene plant.
Chengdu people "walk" against the construction of a PX plant.
Chengdu people "walk" against the construction of a PX plant.
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