Reuters: Lao Zhou splutters with rage when asked if he believes government promises to scrap plans for a copper refinery near his home in southwest China, a project which has sparked violent protests.
“They’re liars!” the ruddy-faced farmer exclaims, spitting out his words in thickly accented Mandarin. “Nobody believes they won’t build it eventually.”
It was a remnant of the fury that erupted in Sichuan province’s Shifang town last week, when thousands of people took to the streets to protest against…

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