Riot police fire tear gas into a crowd of protesters in a small city in southeastern China.<br/> Residents are furious over plans to build a coal-fired power plant they say will further pollute the area's air and sea.<br/> In response, villagers took to the streets blocking off an expressway and surrounding a government building.<br/> This amateur video, which could not be independently verified by Reuters, shows the protests escalating as demonstrators and police clash.<br/> Recently, Chinese have been unwilling to support the nation's relentless drive for urbanization and industrialization.<br/> This has led the government to try and calm the growing number of disenfranchised citizens before next year's Congress, where officials will discuss "harmonious solutions" to the unrest.<br/> Jessica Gray, Reuters
