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Boss Rail: How the Wenzhou Crash Exposed Corruption in China (Updated)

In the New Yorker, Evan Osnos has written an in-depth exploration of the July 2011 train crash in Wenzhou, which killed 40 people and generated online outrage over the government’s handling of the tragedy. Osnos pieces together the events leading up to the accident, from the perspective of passengers on the train, the engineer running the failed signaling system, and Ministry of Railways offi

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