Jeremy Brown: How the Party Handles Accidents
Late on Tuesday, a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan’s Jiuzhaigou County, killing at...
Aug 10, 2017
Late on Tuesday, a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan’s Jiuzhaigou County, killing at...
Mar 14, 2014
At Foreign Policy, author of Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World — From...
Jan 8, 2013
As China continues to work on its high-speed railways amid concerns over corruption, a subway train derailed during a test run in Kunming leaving a driver dead and injuring another, from AFP: The first carriage of the train ran...
Aug 26, 2012
Earlier this month, Foreign Policy compiled a list of the 75 cities projected to be the “world’s most dynamic” by 2025, according to per-capita GDP growth. The list, which is based on a McKinsey Global...
Jul 22, 2012
A year has passed since the fatal high-speed train crash in Wenzhou. The Wall Street Journal reports that officials have forbidden journalists and other media from visiting the site of the crash: Chinese citizens almost one year...
Jul 25, 2011
Following the deadly crash and derailment of a high-speed train in Wenzhou, it has been reported that authorities have begun to crush and bury segments of the train (see video below for more). A poll on Sina Weibo asked...
Jul 25, 2011
The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Chinese journalists and...
Jul 24, 2011
The death toll of the high-speed train crash in Wenzhou now stands at 35 with more than 200 people injured. As more information about the circumstances come to light, netizens and others in China are asking questions about the...
Jul 23, 2011
A high-speed train has derailed in Zhejiang, sending two coaches off a bridge and killing at least 33 people and injuring almost 200, according to a report from Xinhua: The accident occurred after high-speed train D3115 was...