2005 Huashui protest
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The 2005 Huashui protest took place in Huashui (画水) Town, Dongyang (东阳) County, Zhejiang Province (浙江省) in March and April 2005. The Huashui protest began as opposition to pollution from the Zhuxi Chemical Industrial Park (竹溪工业园), which had been affecting villages in the area since its construction in 2001.[1] After the Dongyang County leadership intervened by sending in officials and police officers to disperse the protesters in what is known as the “April 10th Incident,” the protest developed to oppose the local government's repression, too.[2]
The protest was notable for its participants, mostly elderly residents of the most seriously affected site Huaxi (花溪) No. 5 village, for the theatrical tactics employed by protestors, and for its success in shutting down 11 of the 13 factories in the chemical park.[2]