Chinese protestors challenge Japanese factory for discharging contaminated wastewater

In July, thousands of protesters take to the streets in Qidong, Jiangsu Province to challenge a pipeline from a Japanese owned paper factory that would discharge contaminated wastewater into the sea, potentially pollute a nearby fishery, and contaminate drinking water. Demonstrators clash with police and there are reports of damages to government buildings, cars, and other property. Fourteen people plead guilty to encouraging the riot in which dozens of police are injured and the local Communist party chief is stripped…