I am surprised that the plant would be closed.  The other factory that was closed had demonstrations in the thousands, but the demonstrations were in the hundreds.  And there are over a 100,000 protests per year in China, because many people feel no other way to let their opinion known.

Creating solar panels is a dirty technology (its semiconductors that uses a lot of acids and other chemicals during the creation of solar panels).

China closes solar-panel plant after protests - LA Times

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