Chinese City Rushes to Open Water Plant JIAMUSI, China - A city of 480,000 people in China's northeast rushed a new water plant into operation as a toxic spill on a nearby river arrived Tuesday and the city was forced to shut down other water facilities for fear of contamination, the local government said. Chinese Textile Workers Stage Protest BEIJING - Hundreds of workers at a state-owned textile factory in China's far northeast took to the streets Monday to demand back pay and unemployment insurance, a labor group and a government official said.