Haimen, China, protesters block a highway.

Residents block a highway in Haimen, China, to protest a proposal to build a second coal-fired power plant in the seaside town. Police in riot gear fired tear-gas and beat demonstrators who stormed government buildings in southern China on to protest a power plant. (AFP/Getty Images / December 20, 2011)

[Chinese residents block a highway as they protest to demand the coal-fired plant be moved in Haimen township, in south China’s Guangdong province on December 20, 2011. Police in riot gear fired tear-gas and beat demonstrators who stormed government buildings in southern China on to protest a power plant, witnesses said, in the latest violent unrest to hit the country. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)] *** [] ** TCN OUT **