The
Dongzhou protests refers to a series of protests that took place for seven months until December 2005 in
Dongzhou (东洲), a village in
Shanwei prefecture,
Guangdong Province,
China. The protests were organized in opposition to government plans to partially
infill the bay and build a new power plant. It resulted in the shooting deaths of several villagers in the night of 6 December 2005 by
People's Armed Police. The death toll is unknown, with different sources mentioning anywhere from three to several dozen deaths. The protests resumed in November 2006.