Chinese riot policemen patrol the streets after villagers protested over pollution from a coal-fired power station in the town of Haimen, Guangdong Province in December 2011. Social unrest is a major ... more 

Chinese riot policemen patrol the streets after villagers protested over pollution from a coal-fired power station in the town of Haimen, Guangdong Province in December 2011. Social unrest is a major problem for China's communist rulers, who are struggling to deal with anger across the vast nation of 1.3 billion people over issues such as environmental degradation, rising inequality and graft less