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There is now a lot of international concern about safety standards at mainland Chinese bio-safety laboratories doing research on dangerous pathogens. When discussing this issue we need to be mindful of the problem of corruption and under-regulated industries in mainland China 1/8
One of the key problems in mainland China is that the Chinese party-state is not a regulatory state, but a developmental state which prioritises profits over people& #39;s health. This means that despite existing laws and regulations, industry supervision is often extremely lax 2/8
Just look at the Chinese Communist Party& #39;s poor track record of regulating the country& #39;s chemical industry. What follows are examples of four major industrial disasters in mainland China during the past five years 3/8
Tianjin, 2015. A warehouse owned by a company specialising in handling hazardous goods caught fire and exploded 4/8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=993wlZ6XFSs">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Fujian, 2015. PX plant explodes 5/8 https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/apr/06/chemical-factory-explosion-in-china-video-zhangzhou-paraxylene">https://www.theguardian.com/world/vid...
Jiangsu, Tianjiayi, 2019. Chemical plant explosion 6/8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_ZsNd97wXw">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Jiangsu, Lianyungang, 2020. Chemical plant explosion 7/8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zb-nKvbwgw">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
And if the poor safety record of mainland China& #39;s chemical industry doesn& #39;t worry you, perhaps you should listen to He Zuoxiu, a leading Chinese physicist. He warned in 2015 that the country is not investing enough in nuclear reactor safety controls 8/8 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/25/china-nuclear-power-plants-expansion-he-zuoxiu">https://www.theguardian.com/world/201...
