Russians protest at Chinese consulate over toxic spill
02/12/2005 - 08:38:24A small group of residents protested today outside the Chinese consulate in the Russian Far East town of Khabarovsk, pleading during a meeting with Beijing’s top diplomat there for more information about a toxic spill set to flow into the Amur River.
Meanwhile, China sent 150 tonnes of activated charcoal at no cost to help Russia cope with the consequences of the slick, regional officials said.
Beijing has already apologised to Russia over the November 13 explosion at a chemical plant that sent 100 tons of benzene into China’s Songhua River, which meets the Amur that flows into the Okhotsk Sea.
Some 15 demonstrators – from the nationalist Rodina, or Homeland, Party, joined by a handful of Cossacks in full military dress – carried red signs outside the consulate today and chanted “The Amur isn’t a yellow river!” – a reference to China.
During a meeting with Chinese Consul General Fan Xianrong, the local representative from Rodina complained of the secrecy surrounding last month’s accident.
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