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<p> Adam Ford discusses the mass protests which forced a defeat on the Chinese state. </p>

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<p> Locals are celebrating in the Chinese city of Shifang today, following the government’s decision to scrap its plans for a copy alloy plant which many feared would poison them. This sensational policy reversal was apparently forced out of the Communist Party dictatorship by rioting, followed by a sit-in in support of those arrested. </p>

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