Wuzhu Yunle has been arrested three times for protesting against water resources exploitation by the Shenhua Coal-to-Liquid and Chemical project. Despite her and other local people's protests, Shenhua has kept extracting groundwater at a shocking scale from the Ordos grasslands.
Shenhua's operations have sparked social unrest and caused severe ecological damage including desertification, impacting farmers and herders who are facing reduced water supplies in what was once an abundant farming area.