Mechanics check a bullet train at a maintenance station to ensure safety for the upcoming Spring Festival travel rush in Guiyang, capital of southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Jan. 19, 2019. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
Source: Xinhua
20/01/2019
Bullet trains maintained in China’s Guiyang to ensure safety for Spring Festival travel rush
07/05/2014
Six wounded in knife rampage at Guangzhou Railway Station | South China Morning Post
At least six people were wounded in a knife attack at Guangzhou Railway Station yesterday, the third assault on civilians at train stations in two months.
Witnesses said four assailants began attacking passengers at random at about 11.30am.
Watch unconfirmed video: Suspected attacker caught by police after Guangzhou train station violence
One was subdued by police and a luggage handler after being shot by an officer. But police said later on social media that only one suspect was involved.
Witnesses also said one of the injured was a middle-aged Westerner, but Guangzhou police denied any foreigner was among the victims.
The police didn’t approach [the attacker] until they shot him twice in his chest HU ZHONG, LUGGAGE HANDLER
At least four people were taken to the General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, local police said. Three were in stable condition after surgery.
The attack comes less than a week after an explosion at a railway station in Urumqi – capital of Xinjiang , the vast western region home to ethnic minority Uygurs – left two attackers and a civilian dead and 79 wounded.
It also follows a March attack at a railway station in the southwestern city of Kunming , in which machete-wielding attackers killed 29 people and wounded 143 in what many in China dubbed the country’s “9/11”.
via Six wounded in knife rampage at Guangzhou Railway Station | South China Morning Post.
09/01/2014
China energy safety probe exposes 20,000 potential risks | Reuters
China has uncovered nearly 20,000 disaster risks in its oil and gas sector during a nationwide safety probe following a pipeline blast that killed 62 people last year, the country\’s safety watchdog said on Thursday.
Checks on some 3,000 petrochemical firms and oil storage sites found nearly 20,000 potential hazards, Wang Haoshui, an inspector with the safety agency, told reporters.
\”Oil and gas pipelines are buried underground… It is hard to inspect (them) and find the hidden dangers,\” said Wang, adding that the agency had already urged the parties involved to fix the problems.
China has 655 trunk oil and gas pipelines with a total length of 102,000 km. Some of them have been operating for as long as 40 years, making them vulnerable to corrosion, Huang Yi, a spokesman for the State Administration of Work Safety, told a news briefing.
\”What worried us is that some oil pipelines overlap with urban infrastructure pipes, causing many hidden dangers.\”
The government launched the probe in December.
The November explosion at the Dongying-Huangdao II pipeline owned by top Asian refiner China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec) was attributed to pipeline corrosion, irregular work practices and a tangled network of underground pipes, Huang said.
The blast in the eastern city of Qingdao that killed 62 people resulted from pipeline corrosion that led to a leak, which was ignited in turn by sparks from a hydraulic hammer used on the day of the accident, he said.
The probe team has submitted its findings to China\’s cabinet, the State Council, and the results will be released to the public after they have been approved, he added.
Industry officials expected stiff punishment for Sinopec over the blast, which also injured 136 and caused direct economic loss of 750 million yuan ($123.9 million).
via China energy safety probe exposes 20,000 potential risks | Reuters.
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