Lax environmental standards and endemic corruption feed regular green protests in China

BEIJING — China is a country with gargantuan environmental problems, deep distrust of government and a population that is increasingly wired through mobile devices. Put that together and it’s no surprise that large street protests are breaking out against waste incinerators, chemical plants and other industrial projects. The latest, in the southern China county of Boluo

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Chinese increasingly protest projects that threaten environment