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China Railway Ministry Spokesman Relocated to Poland
AFTER GOING DOWN the drain together with China's scandal-plagued Ministry of Railways, its former spokesman, Wang Yongping, said that he will "never make any more contacts with the media."
China Railways Ministry Fires Spokesman After Deadly Crash
AFTER ROUNDS OF scandals and blames over a deadly rail crash in July that killed 40 people, China's Ministry of Railways fired its infamous spokesman on Tuesday, state media reported.
Weekend Insight: Mainlanders Explore Democracy in Taiwan, Protest Erupts Over Chemical Plant, 50 Million Farmers Have Lost Land
WEEKEND INSIGHT IS an Eye on China feature that aggregates the best of The Epoch Times' coverage on all that pertains to China. BUREAUCRACY Though Yo Fin Chou and his wife are originally from China, the regime’s draconian house registration system and … Continue reading
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Fudging Passenger Numbers: Trains Running at 107% Capacity?
TRAIN PASSENGERS ON China's Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail line are lining up around the block to squeeze into train carriages like sardines, and if they don't have a seat, well then they'll just stand for the entire 800-mile-long trip. Or so … Continue reading
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Wenzhou Train Crash Highlights Risks of China’s Nuclear Program
COULD A TECHNOLOGY mishap akin to Saturday's deadly train crash near Wenzhou, China happen at one of China's 40 operating or planned nuclear power reactors? This past weekend's high-speed train collision resulted in (at least) 39 dead and about 200 … Continue reading
Railway Signal Company Holds a Joke of a Press Conference
AS THE PUSH-the-blame game continues for the recent high-speed rail crash, the ball has now landed on the Beijing National Railway Research & Design Institute of Signal & Communication. The company, which used to be a subsidiary of the Ministry … Continue reading
Rail Disaster Death Toll Never Rises
SOMETHING IS VERY fishy about the death and injury toll of the recent high-speed rail disaster in eastern China—it never rises. As early as Monday, two days after the incident which caused six cars to derail and four to fall … Continue reading
China’s Train Disaster: When Officials Fail to Release Victim List, Netizens Compile Their Own
FOLLOWING A FATAL bullet train crash in eastern China on Saturday, Chinese officials had held off their list of victims, only to have the unexpected effect of encouraging Chinese netizens to compile one of their own. Curious enough, the grassroot … Continue reading