On June 3, an elderly flower seller in the municipality of Chongqing was critically injured when council rangers violently cleared the area of street hawkers. In response, a thousand-strong riot erupted. Three days later, a similar incident occurred in the Henan provincial capital of Zhengzhou, when a riot of thousands of people forced a backdown from the authorities.
The enormity of China鈥檚 environmental nightmare is well-known. However, its root causes 鈥 especially the part played by First World capital 鈥 is less widely understood. One example is the massive dumping in China of First World 鈥渆-waste鈥 鈥 electronic and electrical waste.
As It Happened: Six Days in June (Part 2) 聴 Looks at the 1967 six-day war when Israel occupied the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank. SBS, Friday, June 29, 8.30pm.