Cross posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/1860333
An explosion at a Chinese food market, visited just days earlier by President Xi Jinping and during Lunar New Year celebrations, has caused an unknown number of casualties.
Details about the incident in the city of Shenyang in China’s north-east Liaoning province on Sunday remain scarce, with authorities apparently suppressing any reporting.
Chinese social media has been scrubbed of any mention.
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The number of injuries and possible deaths remains unknown as does the cause of the explosion.
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Pan Wang, an associate professor in Chinese and Asian Studies at the University of New South Wales, said the suppression of information about the incident may not be permanent.
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Dr Wang said it was unsurprising that news of the weekend’s incident was being censored regardless of whether the explosion was an accident or deliberate.
“The timing so soon after Xi’s visit and during the New Year celebrations is key,” she said.
"It’s a big significant festival for all Chinese.
“It’s supposed to be a harmonious time, stable, with food and happiness.”
However, she said the authorities would be better off being honest and timely with the public about what happened.
“In the absence of information, misinformation and disinformation can be circulated which will likely run counter to the authorities’ intention to control public opinion,” she said.
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(Cover up means the lack of wild speculation and hysterical media coverage shoving cameras in the faces of bereaved relatives and blurring out mutilated corpses)
Welp, unfalsfiable orthodoxy aside from the state-affiliated ABC news, I hope the people in the palengke are alright.
It’s actually 1984 animal barn to not make an ongoing investigation into the subject of a reddit manhunt
Dang yo, that was a sizable fireball too.
Seems kind of odd that it was set off a few days after Winnie the Pooh’s visit, but I suppose it could have been planted and didn’t go off when originally triggered?
“It’s supposed to be a harmonious time, stable, with food and happiness.”
But it ain’t.
Fuck china is gonna go into full lockdown now.
Dude, chill; they’re just censoring info related to this event. This is China, not the combine from half life 2.
But allegedly if there was an attempt on Xi he wont be happy
I mean, there was a few days between the two events
Oh, lol, I thought you actually meant there would be a lock down, I didn’t realize you were exaggerating for effect.
I mean sure he’d be upset, who wouldn’t after an attempt at your life? But this is the leader of a country (and China at that), he’ll still be as coordinated and controlled as he’s always been.
