Bor(BETAPHOTO/MILAN OBRADOVIC)
The Ecological Uprising movement on March 26 sent an open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping saying that Chinese companies were "complicit in horrific poisoning" that was leaving "unforeseeable and irreversible consequences" to the health of Serbian citizens, children and nature.
The Uprising told the Chinese president that he had found the perfect partner in the regime of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic because he, as the "receiver" of Serbian society, had thrown the health of the people and the future of children under the bus of competition and added profit for many companies using dirty technology, both Chinese and from many other countries.
"Chinese companies are welcome in Serbia, but under conditions consistent with a civilized international and business partnership, which entails following the law, labor regulations and environmental protection standards," added the press release of the Ecological Uprising, which belongs to the We Must coalition.
Together with a group of residents of Bor and surrounding villages, the Uprising held a protest in front of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade on March 27, demanding that Vucic make public all contracts signed with Zijin and other Chinese outfits. The protesters claimed that Zijin was not abiding by environmental regulations and was taking their land, in which they implicated the state.
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