(15 Aug 2011)
1. Wide point of view shot from vehicle of police blocking road near People''s Square
2. Wide point of view shot from vehicle of paramilitary police in riot gear on patrol in Square
3. Wide point of view shot from vehicle of paramilitary police on patrol in front of Government building
4. Mid of troop trucks and paramilitary blocking street
5. Wide of exterior of factory, worker trying to stop filming
6. Mid of company entrance reading (Mandarin/English)"Dalian Fujia Dahua Petrochemical Company Co. Ltd."
7. Mid of company employees and police blocking entrance
8. Mid of two police and van
9. Close of two police and van
10. Wide of smoke stacks and chimneys at factory
11. Close of chimney
12. Close of Chinese national and company flags
13. Wide point of view shot from vehicle of police on corner near Square
14. Tilt down from urban mall to traffic
STORYLINE:
Riot police on Monday stood watch over a quiet square where a day earlier thousands of protesters scuffled with police.
The demonstration prompted authorities to meet their demand to shut down a local petrochemical factory over the weekend.
The large protest highlighted Chinese citizens'' increasing boldness in demanding action from the authoritarian government, particularly on environmental issues.
More than 100 police officers including about a dozen riot police patrolled the public square in front of government offices in the northeastern port city of Dalian, where more than 12-thousand people had demonstrated over pollution concerns.
There was no sign that people were gathering to protest for a second day after Dalian officials pledged on Sunday to move the Fujia chemical plant out of the city and ordered its immediate shutdown.
The move came after scuffles broke out earlier in the day between riot police and more than 12-thousand protesters demanding that the plant, which produces the chemical paraxylene, or PX, be moved after a tropical storm raised fears of a toxic spill, state-run Xinhua News Agency said.
No injuries were reported in the confrontations.
Calls to relocate the plant grew after waves from Tropical Storm Muifa broke a dike guarding it last week and raised fears that flood waters could release toxic chemicals.
There was no actual chemical leak, Xinhua said.
Paraxylene is widely used in the production of polyester.
Short-term exposure can cause eye, nose or throat irritation in humans, and chronic exposure can affect the central nervous system and cause death.
Despite the apparent success of the protest, censors quickly began deleting references to it on social networking sites, a usual practice to prevent demonstrations from spreading.
Xinhua said city''s top officials promised to move the plant out of the city, but some protesters refused to budge until a timetable was given.
A statement posted on the website of the State Council, China''s Cabinet, on Monday said the Dalian Communist Party and city government decided Sunday to "stop the Dalian PX project immediately and relocate the plant."
The statement had been taken down one hour later.
Although the government rarely gives in, a similar environmental protest four years ago was successful.
In that case, plans for a paraxylene plant in the city of Xiamen in southeastern China provoked protests in 2007 from residents worried about health hazards.
In 2009, the Environment Ministry said it would be built instead in a less populated area of another southeastern city, Zhangzhou.
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