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Disgruntled retired woman firebombs board meeting

The front page of the Jinan Times (济南晚报) in Shandong today carries the gruesome tale of an attack by a retired but disgruntled former employee on a board meeting at a water supply company in Shaoyang (邵阳市) in Hunan province. Just after … Continue reading

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Celebrity Na Ying’s alleged abuse of power raises online outcry

New Express: Na Ying, a Chinese pop singer becomes the target of an public outcry for celebrity power abuse.

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Changzhou Evening Paper teaches you how to survive fire

Today’s Chongzhou Evening News shows you how, with the right equipment, you can help yourself to safety in such life-threatening situation

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Aftermath of the Shanghai fire: poor govt. supervision and dodgy sub contracting

The aftermath of the deadly Shanghai blaze that killed 79 people earlier this week.

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Deadly Shanghai fire in highrise building

A fire has ripped through a high-rise building in central Shanghai leaving at least eight people dead and more than 90 injured according to official sources.

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Another fire at an oil tank in Dalian

Another oil fire at the same port in Dalian that saw a major oil explosion in July.

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Inside the burned-out TVCC building

The Beijing Times and Caijing present images from inside the TVCC building, which burned over the Lantern Festival, 2009.

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Official report on CCTV building fire

10 year anniversary of Macao’s return to the PRC, and some news about the CCTV building fire.

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Heroic policeman rams a burning bus

Ah-SIR in Guangdong attempts to stop a runaway, flaming bus.

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These are special times: smoking will get you five days in jail

Chongqing Morning Post: Vice director of Firefighting General Corps of Chongqing talks about the legal basis of putting a smoker in jail for five days.

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