"In Southern China, residents wary of the government protest a plan to burn waste", 14 Sep 2014

Residents of a county in southern China thronged the streets in protest over the weekend to oppose a proposed garbage incineration plant, defying government warnings and police detentions...A street march broke out on Saturday in Boluo County, Guangdong Province, and three residents...said the protest had resumed on Sunday, when people again walked toward government offices in the main town, despite a police announcement issued through the domestic news media that 24 people had already been detained... The Boluo government has said the proposed incinerator would be able to...[generate] power while releasing minimal pollution with no dangerous amounts of toxins. But in Boluo, government vows of safe disposal of garbage have been met with disbelief from residents fearful of toxins and sometimes convinced that such plants are corrupt boondoggles...The Boluo government said that about a thousand residents protested on Saturday. Online, however, some people claimed the number was at least 10,000...