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Tag Archives: accident
What exactly caused the Hangzhou subway collapse
Well, no one knows, just yet. There are no official answers, but from what i’ve been able to cull from the internet, there were several factors. Some people have said that the tubes used to prop the tunnel up were … Continue reading
Shanghai Business School Fire: now comes the blame game
Should they have jumped, why did the jump? Were they hanging off the rails of the balconies until they had no strength and just let go? Why didn’t any brave men climb up the stairs to rescue them? Four women … Continue reading
Hangzhou subway tunnel collapse: problems discovered a month ago
This CNN article has the number of dead pegged at 4 but it seems that now the official number of dead has risen to five. What makes the whole thing much much worse is the fact that, according to one … Continue reading
Maybe we ought to take out “earthquake insurance”
This Xinhua article comes up with some interesting statistics: in the last 300 years, there were 50 natural disasters that claimed over 100,000 lives, and of those, 26 were in China, with the total number of dead numbering 103 million, … Continue reading
John Woo: Red Cliff must go on…
Cross-posted at China Film Journal Browsing Eachnet for headlines I came across some news regarding an accidental fire on the set of John Woo’s upcoming historical action film Red Cliff. One person died and six were injured, all in stable … Continue reading