<div class="watermark" style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://gdb.voanews.com/54F3E3C1-183D-4FB3-B988-A4FF62B1C902_mw1024_n_s.jpg" rel="ibox" title="一名参加茂名抗议的儿童举着标语牌：如果这里活不下去，我们就去火星……" style="text-decoration: none; color: #132fbe;"><img class="photo" alt="一名参加茂名抗议的儿童举着标语牌：如果这里活不下去，我们就去火星……" border="0" src="http://gdb.voanews.com/54F3E3C1-183D-4FB3-B988-A4FF62B1C902_w640_r1_s_cx0_cy11_cw0.jpg" style="border-style: none; display: block; margin: 10px 0px;" /></a></div><span class="imageCaption" style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; color: #666666; line-height: 13px; margin-top: -6px; padding-top: 0px; display: block; padding-bottom: 12px; clear: both; background-color: #ffffff;">一名参加茂名抗议的儿童举着标语牌：如果这里活不下去，我们就去火星……</span><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">中国广东省茂名市民抗议上马PX化工项目的行动4月1日扩展到了广东省会广州市。抗议者提出了新的诉求，抗议当局在茂名市动用警力镇压抗议民众。</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">*到省会抗议*</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;"> </span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">大约300人4月1日在广州东风中路中山纪念堂附近进行了反PX游行。期间示威者打出了更多维权抗争的诉求横幅和标语。网友上传的现场照片显示，抗议者打出的标语上写着“反对茂名政府动用武力镇压平民百姓”、“谁给的权力乱打人？”等。</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">之前互联网社交媒体传出，茂名市当局动用武警镇压抗议民众，造成伤亡。当地政府否认有示威民众被武警打死。但有抗议民众对路透社说，有多名抗议者被打死。美联社4月1日的报道说，茂名市宣传部门官员当天承认有人受伤。</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">美国之音记者4月1日拨打茂名市政府电话，希望证实有关当局武力镇压抗议民众，造成伤亡的说法。市府接听电话的女士说，这个问题由宣传部负责解答。继续拨打宣传部电话，无人接听。</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">*要求知情权*</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">记者联系到参加广州抗议的茂名籍潘姓青年，他因4月1日上午举牌被警察带到广州虹桥派出所。正在等待问讯的潘先生的手机还在身边。他通过手机对美国之音说，他虽然在广州工作，但是茂名毕竟是他的家乡，不希望这类污染企业建在茂名。</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">令潘先生更加气愤的是，茂名政府对PX项目向公众保密，不征求公众意见。</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">他说：“我们对他们这种处事方法就感觉很不满啦，这种事不应该封锁消息，对吧。我们大家应该有知情权。”</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">茂名市政府新闻发言人3月31日通过新浪微博表示，“PX项目仍处于普及知识阶段，上马与否需听取民意才决策”。</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">茂名人潘先生表示，茂名人通过上街抗议、在微博发帖等形式，已经把民意表达的很清楚了，那就是他们反对在茂名上马PX项目。</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">*PX厂是否有害？*</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">PX是对二甲苯的英文缩写。资料显示，PX（对二甲苯）用于生产塑料、聚酯纤维和薄膜。在中国，人们反对PX项目的根本原因，是认为PX项目不但造成环境的污染，而且PX本身还具有很强的致癌性，严重危及人的健康。</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">中国民众最早反对建设PX项目是2007年在福建省厦门市，后来辽宁大连、云南昆明、四川成都和浙江宁波等多地都相继爆发民众抗议PX项目在当地上马的事件。有的地方取消了PX项目。</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">根据《全球化学品统一分类和标签制度》和《危险化学品名录》，在美国、澳大利亚等很多国家，PX不算危险化学品。茂名市政府说，茂名的PX项目“仍在科普阶段，在社会没有达成充分共识前不会启动。”</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">*科学与政治*</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">密切关注此次抗议行动进展的广州维权人士王爱忠表示，中国民众现在对政府非常不信任，科普也未必会消除民众对PX项目的抵触。</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">他说：“中国民众现在对政府的一些说辞都不太相信，这也是问题的一个方面。对民众来说，政府公信力出了问题。”</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">他说，即便中国的科学界证实了PX项目没有人们想象的那样危险，但是中国的问题是，官员普遍存在腐败，腐败官员在利益的驱动下，在项目的选址等问题上，也许并不会按照经过科学论证的方案去做。</span><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><br style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="font-family: NSimSun, SimSun, PMingLiU, Arial, Helvetica, \’Arial Unicode MS\’, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">据网友说，4月1日广州的警察抓人和抢夺标语时跟示威者发生了冲突，有示威者被警察抓进警车。广州的抗议活动没有人员伤亡的报道。</span><br />