Even before the Wuhan protests began, residents had been complaining online about the smell from a large landfill at the site of the proposed incinerator. Street protests began last Friday, set off by noisy construction work near the landfill that apparently led some residents to believe that work on the incinerator had begun. That did not mollify protesters, who feared that the consultation process would still end in construction of the incinerator. Periodic protests against incinerators have been breaking out for a decade in China. Chinese officials have tried hard to persuade the public that new incinerators are being built with such improved technology.

Source: New York Times July 05, 2019 17:48 UTC