Police clashed with thousands of villagers who protested after a brewery polluted local water supplies…seven protesters were detained and 20 injured. The paramilitary People’s Armed Police moved in Friday to break up the protest…Villagers protested after China Resources (Shifang) Breweries Co. [part of state-run China Resources Enterprises, which has shares traded in Hong Kong] dumped waste water, contaminating supplies used for drinking and farm irrigation...The incident came amid a string of protests in areas throughout China over pollution of farmland and water supplies by factories, chemical plants and other industrial projects.