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If you want to see just how difficult the situation is outside rail stations with the storms that have lashed China, watch this video. It’s eight minutes long. But you’ll see scenes you won’t see on the television news.
I don’t know where this video was taken – only that it is in southern China.
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Clearly the police were overwhelmed with crowd control and the simple problem of providing shelter, food, drink, sanitary facilities to the crowd that appeared to have peaked at about 800,000.
Why didn't other parts of China send in assistance --- in the form of police, PLA troops, shelter (tents), portable toilets, food, etc.?
Posted by: A B | February 06, 2008 at 12:26 AM
I feel dizzy just watching it.
Posted by: LC | February 06, 2008 at 08:19 AM
UNBELIEVABLE!!!
THIS IS WHAT AMERICA IS GOING TO BE IN 50+ YEARS... YOU CAN MARK MY WORDS..
IT WILL HAPPEN WITHOUT CONTROL!!!!
WE MUST VOLUNTARILY START POPULATION CONTROL IN THIS COUNTRY... OR THIS IS WHAT WE WILL GET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AMERICA MUST CHANGE OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCES...
Posted by: CARA | February 08, 2008 at 11:39 AM