The two sides have been at loggerheads for over 1,000 days, but the causes have been brewing for forty years. The present site of China Petroleum's complex at Houchin was a naval refinery during the Japanese occupation.
但一旦受害者不想再當雞蛋，而採取抗議、圍堵或暴力等手段來要求企業改善時，社會大眾對他們也產生質疑。