SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Many operations have resumed at China's Tianjin port, trade sources said, after explosions last week that killed more than 100 people and disrupted business at what is an important oil, gas and bulk import harbor for
Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army anti-chemical warfare corps, wearing gas masks, examine a container at the site of Wednesday night's explosions at Binhai new district in Tianjin, China, August 16, 2015 ©
BEIJING Chinese state-run media on Monday lambasted officials in the port city of Tianjin for a lack of transparency over the massive explosions at an industrial site that killed at least 112 and devastated a vast area.
The explosions took place as rescuers began cleaning hundreds of tonnes of cyanide at the blast site, most of which was unaffected raising fears of the possibility for contaminating air and water sources. Minute traces of sodium cyanide have been found in ...
Party newspapers insistence that explosions in northern Chinese city will be thoroughly investigated comes as protests break out for third day Anger and confusion is mounting in China over last weeks warehouse
High levels of sodium cyanide have been detected by wastewater monitors amid growing anger at the blasts which killed at least 114 people Alarming levels of sodium cyanide have been found at wastewater monitoring
He Shushan (2nd L), deputy mayor of Tianjin, speaks at a press conference in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 17, 2015. Most of the sodium cyanide surrounding the Tianjin blast area will be collected and cleared by Monday
Local officials are not only appointed by the central government; they are at the central government's beck and call. This is the Party playing three card monte with accountability, using a press that is literally on the Party's payroll to launder its fictions. The fish rots from the head down.