Chinese Student Detained, Beaten, and Starved for Reporting Pollution in Shanxi, China
In mid-April 2019, an aluminum factory in Xiaoyi City, Shanxi Province, China, illegally discharged wastewater into the nearby rivers and emitted black smoke directly into the air, which polluted the groundwater and seriously affected the lives of nearby residents. When two young men reported the pollution to the local Bureau of Ecology and Environment (BEE), […]
In mid-April 2019, an aluminum factory in Xiaoyi City, Shanxi Province, China, illegally discharged wastewater into the nearby rivers and emitted black smoke directly into the air, which polluted the groundwater and seriously affected the lives of nearby residents. When two young men reported the pollution to the local Bureau of Ecology and Environment (BEE), they were put into detention, beaten, and starved for their efforts. After he was released, Xiao Zhang (pseudonym), a 26-year-old Chinese student, came to study in the United States in 2019. He recently told The Epoch Times (Chinese edition, hereinafter referred to as "The Epoch Times") about the suffering he experienced after he reported industrial pollution to the authorities in China. Zhang recalled that the water from the faucet at home was white and smelled bad. It couldn’t be used for domestic purposes. The same water source was used to irrigate farms, which affected the ...
