【新唐人2013年05月06日訊】5月4號是「五四運動」紀念日，這一天，中國大陸多地民眾為抗議當局漠視污染而走上街頭示威。其中雲南昆明有大約數千市民成功集結，反對當局修建煉油廠。上海松江區則有數千民眾將政府包圍，抗議當地建造高污染的電池廠。兩地都有大批公安到場戒備，但沒有發生大的衝突。
大陸網民發佈消息說，雲南當局不顧民眾反對，堅持批准中石油在昆明安寧興建PX石化項目，網民因此藉「五四」紀念日發動示威。
4號下午一點半左右，大批昆明市民成功在南屏街昆明百貨公司門口聚集，他們戴著印有「昆明不要PX化工廠」字句的口罩，高舉標語和橫額，以散步形式示威抗議。消息表示，參加人數大約有幾千人，但也有網民認為有上萬人，而官方則聲稱只有200人。
據了解，昆明安寧煉油廠位於昆明西郊30多公里的安寧市，項目總投資約185億元，2010年動工，預計年產成品油780萬噸。環保人士認為，該項目將對昆明構成污染，令當地患癌率至少增加4倍。
現場圖片顯示，示威民眾以青年人居多，但男女老幼都有參與。最小的示威者還不到10歲，舉著標語「叔叔阿姨給我乾淨的空氣」在廣場抗議。
示威者批評當局黑箱作業，沒有任何環境評估報告，就開始興建污染項目。他們呼籲當局：別為了一時的發展，破壞子孫賴以生存的根基！有市民表示，如當局不將項目遷出昆明，將會繼續發動全民抗爭活動。
當局則出動大批警察到場戒備，一度與民眾對峙，最終示威者和平散去。
大陸專欄政論作家朱健國：「沒有發生衝突，那就是雙方都比較克制。現在屬於敏感時期，六四要到了。」
大陸專欄政論作家朱健國分析指出，一方面，民眾比較理性，不想發生衝突。另一方面，習李政權想要壓制民眾抗議，但又不願搞的太嚴重，所以沒有採用直接的暴力打壓。
朱健國：「但這種結果並不能表示這個社會在向良性的方式轉化。因為這種問題出現的關鍵是，習新政上任以後，它是治標不治本，抓的皮毛，抓的表面東西。」
朱健國談到，習近平並沒有去解決造成這些衝突的癥結所在。另外，中共體制已經腐朽不堪、積重難返，習近平也沒有能力去改變。而現在民眾的克制很可能是因為對習李新政還抱有希望，但這種希望遲早會破滅，官民衝突也將會加劇。
時事評論員汪北稷也表示，昆明的群體示威並沒有對中共政權構成直接威脅，因此當局沒有鎮壓。但他估計，事後當局一定會對活動的組織者進行迫害抓捕。
時事評論員汪北稷：「中共把人類社會在中國土地上生存下去的水、空氣、自然環境、森林全部破壞，全部無一例外的破壞。食物，人生存的底線已經被破壞了。所以它留給人民的就是拿起武器來推翻它。」
同一天，上海松江區也有數千市民遊行至政府門前示威，抗議當地興建一家電池廠污染水源。當局調動數百警察到場，現場氣氛緊張。
朱健國：「因為今天的中國（中共）政府有個特點，都變異了，這是以前的政府都沒有的。就是所有的每一個人都可以監控到的，這是以前的政府沒辦法做到的。」
朱健國強調，中共通過電話、網絡、手機等對民眾進行全方位監控，這也是為甚麼中共政權到現在還在維持的一個原因。
四川成都民眾的上街計劃則遭到當局阻止，大批活躍人士連日被拘禁。 4號當天大批軍警封鎖集會地??點，令成都集會流產。
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Mass Protests Of Thousands Held on May 4th
May 4th is the anniversary of the May 4t Movement.
On this day in several regions in China, local people
held protests against local polluting projects.
In Kunming, Yunnan province, thousands of citizens
took to the streets, opposing a local oil refinery plant.
In Shanghai Songjiang district, thousands of people
besieged the city hall to resist a polluting battery plant.
In both cities, large numbers of police arrived at the scene,
however no clash ensued.
China’s netizen released a message, that Yunnan authorities
had approved Petro China’sPX project in Anning, Kunming city.
Local netizens then initiated a protest on May 4th.
On May 4th in Kunming—a large number of
local citizens gathered in public.
They all wore face masks with words:
“No PX Chemical Plant Wanted In Kunming.”
Holding banners and posters, the citizens
protested by talking a walk.
Sources said that about several thousand people
had participated in the protest.
Some netizens estimated that the event involved
over 100,000 people.
Local authorities alleged that
there were only 200 participants.
Reportedly, Anning Oil Refinery Plant is located
in Anning city, 30 km away from Kunming city.
The 18.5-billion-yuan project started in 2010, with an
estimated annual production of 7.8 million tons of refined oil.
Environmentalists believe it is creating pollution.
This may cause local people to have at least a four-fold
increased risk of developing cancers.
Photos show that the masses at the scene were
mostly young people.
Other participants included men, women and children.
The youngest protester, under the age of 10, held a poster
reading “Aunts & Uncles, Please give me clean air.”
The local Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were
accused of black-box operations.
No environmental impact assessment was released
before the construction of the project.
The protesters called on local authorities not to pursue the
growth at the expense of the survival of future descendants.
A citizen warned that if the PX project doesn’t leave Kunming,
a more massive protest will be staged.
A large number of police were sent to the scene,
where they confronted the protesters.
Finally, the demonstrators dispersed safely.
(Columnist, China) Zhu Jianguo: “No clash indicates that
both sides were quite restrained.
Now it is during a sensitive period,
the memorial day of June 4th is coming.”
Zhu Jianguo analysed that the protesting citizens were
rational, and didn’t want to clash with the police.
Meanwhile, the Xi-Li administration aimed to suppress
the masses, but didn’t want to overdo it.
Thus, the authorities didn’t put them down
with violence, says Zhu.
Zhu Jianguo: “But the result doesn’t mean that
the society is turning to a good path.
The reason behind the protest was that Xi Jinping has only
treated the symptom, not the underlying problem.”
Zhu Jianguo comments that Xi Jinping hasn’t
sought to solve the crux of these conflicts.
Also, the CCP system has been rotten to the core,
which Xi has no ability to change.
Zhu Jianguo speculates that the civilians’ restraint may be due
to their remaining expectation on the Xi-Li new administration.
But the hope will be dashed sooner or later, he says,
and then the official-civilian clash will be fueled.
Critic Wang Beiji says that the Kunming mass protest
didn’t pose a real threat to the CCP.
That was why no crackdown has occurred.
Yet the organizers will certainly be put on the list
for the authorities’ later punishment, he says.
Wang Beiji: “The CCP has ruined everything in China:
water, air, natural environment, forests, food, basic survival necessities.
So all it has left to the people is an uprising to overthrow it.”
The same day in Shanghai Songjiang District,
thousands of citizens marched to the city hall.
They protested against a local project of battery plant,
which produces pollution to local waters.
Hundreds of police arrived at the scene and
confronted the protesters.
Zhu Jianguo: “The government in today’s China has mutated,
which differs from the previous regimes.
It puts every Chinese person under surveillance,
no previous governments could really do it.”
According to Zhu Jianguo, the CCP monitors Chinese civilians
via telephone, internet, and mobile phones.
Zhu thinks it is one reason that the CCP still exists.
In Sichuan’s Chengdu, the authorities have prevented a
planned mass protest. Lots of activists involved were arrested.
On May 4, a large number of soldiers and police
closed off the venue for the gathering.