Chinese Netizens Search for Answers After Deadly Chemical Plant Blast

Chinese Netizens Search for Answers After Deadly Chemical Plant Blast
An aerial view shows damaged buildings after an explosion at a chemical plant in Yancheng in China's eastern Jiangsu province early on March 23, 2019. STR/AFP/Getty Images
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Chinese netizens are searching for answers as the Chinese regime tightens control of news flowing from last week’s deadly chemical plant blast in China’s Jiangsu province.

The latest official death toll sits at 78 people, with 28 missing and more than 600 injured by the blast on March 21 at a pesticide factory in Chenjiagang Industrial Park in Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, on China’s east coast.

Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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