Annus horribilis for China cont: landslide of industrial waste in Shenzhen

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81 missing. This is the fourth major disaster in China this year - and like  the Shangahi New Year's stampede, the Tianjin explosions, the ferry disaster on the Yangtze and most such disasters - this was a horrendous event caused by a toxic mixture catastrophic human error, slapdash regulation and endemic corruption. In a backdrop of possible economic meltdown, environmental disaster, increased state repression and a worrying rise in nationalistic aggression; I'm really worried about China, tbh.

The details of this are sad, and very reminiscent of one of the worst tragedies in modern Welsh history, the Aberfan coalslide.

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There are some pretty harrowing videos of the slide on YouTube. It looks like there might have been some kind of explosion from all of the pressure as part of the landslide.

Here's a compilation of a couple of them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06AWLx0b0As