From Christian Science Monitor:
The moment she stepped onto the grounds of the factory, Xu Kezhu knew that something was wrong.
The walls of the plant, which makes agricultural chemicals in China’s southern Hunan province, were black with soot. Doors hung crooked on their hinges, broken windows had not been repaired, and the equipment looked badly rusted.
Bags of pig-feed additive – the factory’s main product – were stacked beside barrels that oozed dark liquid onto the floor. Everywhere, neglect and disrepair were evident.
“It did not look like all the rules were being followed,” Ms. Xu observes.
