A suspected dust explosion at an automotive parts factory in eastern China that supplies General Motors killed at least 69 people and injured more than 180 others, most with severe burns, state media reported Sunday. It was China’s most serious industrial disaster since a fire at a poultry plant killed 119 people in June last […]
Ex-China Railways Boss Admits Guilt at Graft Trial
The man who once ran China’s powerful railways ministry wept as he admitted his guilt and sought leniency at his trial on corruption charges, one of the country’s highest-level graft cases in years. Liu Zhijun, 60, who oversaw the ministry’s high-profile bullet train development, has been accused of taking massive bribes and steering lucrative projects […]