A self-igniting bus, easier to recognize after ignitionSo, next time when I enter a bus in Shanghai, I should ask the bus driver whether it is a self-igniting bus or not.
I have mostly ignored the news about the exploded bus, on Monday morning's rush hour in Shanghai, but I cannot help but see the media spin doctors getting into action. In the Shanghai Daily incident must have triggered off the creativity of the editors who could not speculate on the possibility it was done by purpose.
The No. 842 bus with at least 30 people onboard "self-ignited" near Huangxing Road and Guoshun Road at 9:15am today and was engulfed in flames and smoke within "several seconds," a witness told Shanghai Daily.At the Wall Street Journal they could quote the relevant authorities, and they said at least a bit more:
A passenger carrying an unspecified "flammable material" appears to be to blame for the fire, which killed three and injured at least 12, on a crowded commuter bus at rush hour Monday morning, according to a preliminary assessment reported by the Shanghai Public Security Bureau. The one sentence dispatch didn't elaborate as to whether the incident was an accident or premeditated.Defining what makes a medium trustworthy or not is hard, apart f om these incidents, where they obvious have to lie.
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Perhaps you might read some of the Chinese newspaper's comments? Their accounts are very fine and offer viwes different from English-language media.
Are you biased against Chinese news? Or cannot understand the reading?
Good luck with your Chinese studying!
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