Conflicting Reports and Propaganda in Wake of Explosion in Nanjing

After explosion in Nanjing, China, last week, conflicting reports emerged about location, cause, and number of casualties.

Buildings within 200 meters (about 650 feet) of an explosion site were leveled after an explosion took place in a plastic plant in Nanjing City in China's Jiangsu Province. The Epoch Times Photo Archive

After an explosion in Nanjing, China, last week, conflicting reports emerged about the location, cause, and number of casualties. Available evidence suggests that Communist Party officials both directly and indirectly tampered with the reporting process, while Western media adopted the line taken by Chinese state media in their reports of the incident.