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A Chinese doctor says the symptoms of the outbreak are worse than that of COVID-19. A village of 300 has seen 15 deaths related to the outbreak this winter.
People in a district of Taiyuan, the capital of northern China’s Shanxi Province, have resorted to burning timber, old furniture, and other wooden objects due to government restrictions on using coal for winter heating.
Shanxi Province is part of the ancient Chinese heartland. Home to the capitals of multiple dynasties and kingdoms, it is rich in cultural artifacts and tombs of monarchs and nobles. Selling the relics buried there can make raiders an overnight fortune.
Nearly 87 percent of county government in Shanxi Province couldn’t pay the salary of their civil servants as coal price dropped.
On Aug. 23, three high officials in northern China’s Shanxi Province were sacked in one day, the first “tigers” cracked down under the anti-corruption campaign since the downfall of former security czar Zhou Yongkang on July 29. A tiger is jargon in China for a high official targeted for corruption.
Neither blizzards, freezing winds, nor blinding fog could stop determined Chinese New Year travelers.
Seven people were killed in a coal mine explosion in northern China on Monday, an incident which drew condemnation from Internet users who believe local governments regularly cover up scandals that cause deaths.
A public security official in Shanxi Province has been sacked after he used his position and strong-arm tactics to protect and cover up his son’s violent and abusive response to a traffic stop.
