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Rumors and follow-up for Tianjin bus incident

Since Monday rumors have been flying about the cause of the incident, including the suspect’s brother iterating that Zhang Yimin, the suspect, reported that his wife and daughter had been kidnapped to the bathing center opposite his residential complex. Today, The Beijing News follows up with interviews with neighbors and a call-in reader who wanted to verify some details in their earlier report.

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Tianjin bus attack kills 9, injures 11

The local government has affirmed that yesterday morning in Tianjin’s CBD are there occurred a malicious bus attack incident, the suspect Zhang Yimin (张义民) drove a bus down on many roads hitting and rolling people over. At present there are 9 dead, and 11 injured. The injured includes 4 police.

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Protesting pedicab drivers struck and killed by train in Tianjin

Beijing Times: Four men were fatally struck on Monday by a bullet train traveling at full speed in Jinghai County, Tianjin. Five others were injured in the accident.

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China in the 1920s

Found via Liuzhou Laowai, a 1920s silent film shot in Beijing, Shenyang, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

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A dog’s breakfast of a name

A dog’s breakfast of an English name

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