'Vehicles damaged as villagers in southern Chinese town protest plans for incinerator', 12 October 2015

[Chinese articles mention Yangchun Conch Cement, a subsidiary of Anhui Conch Cement as the owner of the project, and include further information about the project provided by the company]

Villagers clashed with police during a stand-off over an incinerator project in a southern Chinese city on Saturday, according to a local government statement. Authorities in Yangchun city in Guangdong province said no one was injured in the incident, although photos posted on social media indicate violence flared during the protest…

The incident occurred beside a cement factory in Chunwan town under Yangchun, a city of more than a million residents. The government statement released on Sunday said 11 participants had been taken away and no one had been injured. Three vehicles were damaged, it said, adding the factory was cooperating with the incinerator project...

Plans to build rubbish incinerators have been met with large protests in several Guangdong cities in recent years, with residents arguing they belt out pollution too close to their homes…