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China: Another blast rocks Tianjin
International Business Times ^ | 10/12/15 | Johnlee Varghese

Posted on 10/12/2015 11:56:35 AM PDT by Kartographer

Several photos shared on Twitter claim that another massive explosion has rocked Tianjin on Monday night.

Widely shared images show a huge fire at a warehouse in Beichen District in Tianjin.

(Excerpt) Read more at ibtimes.co.in ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: chinaexplosion; tianjin
China sure has been having some bad luck lately. Maybe its a new type of fire sale. ;-)
1 posted on 10/12/2015 11:56:36 AM PDT by Kartographer
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From ZeroHedge:

Massive Fire Burns After Another Explosion Rocks Tianjin Warehouse

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-10-12/massive-fire-burns-after-another-explosion-rocks-tianjin-warehouse


2 posted on 10/12/2015 11:58:27 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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3 posted on 10/12/2015 11:58:44 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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Any idea what this is about? Gang war? Collecting fire insurance? Terrorists? I have yet to see any serious attempts to figure it out.


4 posted on 10/12/2015 12:00:16 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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5 posted on 10/12/2015 12:00:30 PM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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6 posted on 10/12/2015 12:03:03 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Cicero

Under the Chinese Communists safety and professionalism can often take a second place to self interest. So industrial accidents can occur more frequently than in other industrial nations, eg Japan or US.

Yet, the frequency of these explosions does make me wonder if it is not true that these events may be part of internecine conflict within the Communist Party.

China is a thuggocracy. And Xi Jinping is a foremost thug, even by Chinese political standards.


7 posted on 10/12/2015 12:08:13 PM PDT by ifinnegan
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I have seen all those things mentioned. Being China you think the Government would be on top of this.


8 posted on 10/12/2015 12:10:23 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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New tourist slogan for China;

“Come to China. You’ll have a blast.”


9 posted on 10/12/2015 12:20:52 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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NK getting even for the massive rail yard explosions (just missing the departed Kim) near their mutual border a few years back, perhaps?


10 posted on 10/12/2015 12:33:03 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Army Air Corps

Pei Ping


11 posted on 10/12/2015 12:35:10 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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Could be. The modus operandi is more like the North Koreans than the Muslims in the Chinese west.


12 posted on 10/12/2015 12:38:39 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Is this major fire and explosion number 6 or 7?


13 posted on 10/12/2015 1:42:38 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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