One White House website petition calls for the US government to "remonstrate" with the Chinese government after more than 1, 000 people in Kunming protested against a state-run paraxylene (PX) petrochemical project last Sunday.

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The net effect is that the voice of the people is starting to be heard, such as in recent months when mass objections, using text messages, internet surveys and public hearings forced the authorities to postpone the building of a paraxylene plant in Xiamen.

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