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Hundreds of homeowners in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong clashed with local authorities on Wednesday in protest over a waste disposal plant currently under construction in their residential compound.

The clashes, which left several people injured and a number detained, occurred after nearly 1,000 residents of up-market housing compound Fairview Peninsula in Guangdong's Panyu city gathered at the site, blocking traffic in and out of the site for several hours, protesters said.