BEIJING (Reuters) - Residents of a city in China took to the streets for a third day on Tuesday, demanding the government scrap plans for a copper alloy project they fear will poison them, in the latest unrest spurred by environmental concerns.
The show of defiance in Shifang in Sichuan province in the southwest has persisted despite authorities saying they had temporarily halted work on the plant and threatening to punish protest organisers if they did not give themselves up.
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