Shaoguan

However, Uyghur independent activist explained that the unrest was sparked by anger over a confrontation between Han Chinese and Uyghur factory workers in Shaoguan city.

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And what about the Han in Shaoguan who murdered innocent Uighurs?

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National Resources Defense Council's Mr. Wong, who said he isn't aware of the situation in Shaoguan, said Beijing's commitment to improving its environmental record means enforcement against China's worst polluters, at least in the short run.

Shenzhen Zinc Producer Halts Operations James T. Areddy 2010

The potentially contaminated waterway now being examined, the North River, flows south from the Guangdong city of Shaoguan toward the provincial capital, Guangzhou, 230 kilometers away.

Shenzhen Zinc Producer Halts Operations James T. Areddy 2010

In 2008, more than a year after the Shaoguan plant was briefly shut following a cadmium leak into the North River, researchers from a group of Chinese universities found high levels of thallium there.

Shenzhen Zinc Producer Halts Operations James T. Areddy 2010

The Han Chinese engaged in the killing (in Shaoguan) are very cruel.

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While the Chinese government continued to use western conspiracy theory in addressing the ethnic conflict, Drunken Pig pointed out from a Han Chinese perspective that the Shaoguan incident and other similar ethnic conflicts are a result of government's ethnic policy:

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China's third-largest zinc producer, Shenzhen Zhongjin Lingnan Nonfemet Co., said in a statement to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Friday that it had stopped production of lead and zinc at a smelter in Shaoguan, Guangdong province, confirming market rumors.

Shenzhen Zinc Producer Halts Operations James T. Areddy 2010

From what has been reported by Xinhua, even the Chinese government sees the Shaoguan gang fight as the reason for the initial peaceful protest (around 200 students outside the government building at Urumqi).

Global Voices in English » China: Urumqi mass incident and beyond 2009

My wife is from there, with many relatives in Shenzen and also up by Shaoguan.

EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Teal’c on Macgyver. haha! 2009