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How Taishan almost became China’s Chernobyl

4 July 2021

5:00 PM

4 July 2021

5:00 PM

Days after a nuclear power plant began spewing deadly radiation, the ruling Communist party pushed ahead with a huge and self-indulgent celebration of the sort that had become a hallmark of its rule. This was no time for bad news, and the party delayed, dithered and hid the truth about the deadly events that were unfolding.

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