Beijing Authorities Take Advantage of Deadly Fire in Poor Neighborhood to Remove ‘Undesirables’

Beijing Authorities Take Advantage of Deadly Fire in Poor Neighborhood to Remove ‘Undesirables’
Residents carry their belongings as they evacuate the site of a fatal housing block fire in Beijing on Nov. 19, 2017. RYAN MCMORROW/AFP/Getty Images
Annie Wu
Updated:
After a massive fire broke out in a low-income neighborhood of Beijing on Nov. 18, authorities have been evicting residents in an apparent attempt to clear poor migrant workers out of the city.
The fire, which broke out in Daxing District, an area where many factory workers live in low-rent apartments, killed 19 people and injured eight, according to state media.
Annie Wu
Annie Wu
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Annie Wu joined the full-time staff at the Epoch Times in July 2014. That year, she won a first-place award from the New York Press Association for best spot news coverage. She is a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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