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Click on the small image to view a larger version New Post-blast Satellite Imagery from DigitalGlobe Pre-explosion overview of the area of devastion(Source: DigitalGlobe 13 May 2003) Overview of the area of devastion (Source: DigitalGlobe 27 April 2004) Comparative overview of the blast-affected town of Ryongchon Approximate location of the explosion(Source: DigitalGlobe 13 May 2003) Approximate location of the explosion, post-blast The explosion's crater appears to have been partially filled in(Source: DigitalGlobe 27 April 2004) Comparative overview of the approximate location of the explosion in the town of Ryongchon The Ryongchon Primary School, pre-explosion(Source: DigitalGlobe 13 May 2003) The...

Four years ago, one of China’s largest agricultural importers sent representatives to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., hoping that meetings with elite party officials might yield business opportunities. The company, the Dandong Port Group, was particularly focused on the governors in attendance, according to an interview with Dandong’s general counsel broadcast by Chinese state television. But now, the company’s widening influence is coming under scrutiny by federal prosecutors, who are examining the relationship between Dandong’s wealthy and connected chairman, Wang Wenliang, and Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia, a Democrat who was elected in 2013. A federal law enforcement...