] Thousands of people rioted this week in a village in
] southeastern China, overturning police cars and driving
] away officers who had tried to stop elderly villagers
] protesting against pollution from nearby factories.
]
] By this afternoon, three days after the riot, witnesses
] say crowds had convened in Huaxi Village in Zhejiang
] Province to gawk at a tableau of destroyed police cars
] and shattered windows. Police officers outside the
] village were reportedly blocking reporters from entering
] the scene but local people, reached by telephone, said
] villagers controlled the riot area.

] "The air stinks from the factories," said a villager, Wang
] Yuehe. She said the local river was filled with pollutants
] that had contaminated surrounding farmland.

] "We can't grow our crops. The factories had promised to
] do a good environmental job, but they have done
] almost nothing."

] Thousands of people rioted this week in a village in
] southeastern China, overturning police cars and driving
] away officers who had tried to stop elderly villagers
] protesting against pollution from nearby factories.
]
] By this afternoon, three days after the riot, witnesses
] say crowds had convened in Huaxi Village in Zhejiang
] Province to gawk at a tableau of destroyed police cars
] and shattered windows. Police officers outside the
] village were reportedly blocking reporters from entering
] the scene but local people, reached by telephone, said
] villagers controlled the riot area.

[ It seems like this is becoming almost a trend. China's changing a lot, and fast, and I feel like there's a lot of anger that's not going to be resolved simply.

The article, I think, mildly suggests that the hubbub over Japan's textbooks was encouraged by the government as a way to distract attention from this event. I dunno, possible I guess. -k]