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China Travel Stampede Kills

WONG: And a stampede Kills 1 in a crowded train station in Southern China ANCHOR: Severe weather and a vulnerable transportation system are keeping millions of Chinese people from returning home this Chinese New Year. And the situation turned deadly this weekend in southern China, as one man was crushed, during a stampede to board a departing train. STORY: Officials said the man killed was a migrant worker, who was trying to get back home to see his family. Backed up trained schedules have forced passengers to spend days on end in the station. And at one point, over two hundred and fifty thousand people were packed together at the station. 21-year-old Xifeng has been waiting two days and two nights to board a train: [Xifeng, Train Passenger]: “It is very chaotic. Once you are not careful and fall down, then it is really bad luck for you.” Despite additional security measures, authorities have not been able to guarantee the safety of passengers. And many of those waiting are anxious to leave the station. [Peng Xiongbao, 23-Year-Old]: “There is no way I can describe how it is like. Look at all these people, we are so tightly squeezed together. I do not know how to describe that feeling.” Winter storms have damaged transportation lines and power grids. And recovery is likely to be slow, because the winter weather is supposed to last through this week. At least 60 people have died so far in weather-related incidents. But despite the dangers, many migrant workers are

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25 Comments

  1. amici43 says:

    the chinese treat their people like cattle (never should have gotten the olympics)

  2. brihang says:

    hey poor reporter deliberately got a wrong translation!

  3. hornerm5 says:

    Most of these Army men are Private First class and NCO class 1 rank.

  4. 6mali says:

    so sad. b/c of weather.

  5. ualuuanie says:

    U kidding right :) Well fyi it happened that 1 year while stationed in China I got caught in 1 of these massive crowds. Airports were all shut down due to bad weather. This milf just pulled her pants down squat down and relief herself. Man I tell you its really sick

  6. bigbillyz says:

    get a plane or drive

  7. tooty008 says:

    hahahah your dumb

  8. tooty008 says:

    Your dumb too

  9. bigbillyz says:

    u like cock

  10. tooty008 says:

    You give rim jobs

  11. baiNEKO says:

    Listen, none of those making childish and insulting generalizations and accusations have much knowledge about the true conditions in China, and even those who seem to have some first hand experience seem to lack any insight or education about reasons for or challenges to situations they’ve seen and experienced. Please consider attempting a critical response, rather than spitting up this rubbish — Have you no shame? ;)

  12. baiNEKO says:

    What was it? It was hard to hear the Chinese.

  13. sn0tl1ngd34th says:

    the UK should have got their asses over their with cargo choppers.
    dont diss…just think if this was your damn family in that situation

  14. raul23cacox says:

    chinos putos

  15. kinstar says:

    oh liberties chinese new year aswell

  16. 08CJ09 says:

    i was not expecting him to talk like that..

  17. bishopob says:

    yea his accent threw me off too, i have to go re-calibrate now.

  18. bishopob says:

    WTF do you mean you forgot the blasting caps!!!!!!!

  19. spikefivefivefive says:

    hahaha “your” dumb

    Irony

  20. wildbill6976 says:

    True conditions in China? Thats easy, you commies haven’t figured out how to use birth control….

  21. invadr1 says:

    it would have been funny to see the actual stampede instead of just the crowd.

  22. Sodiumreactor says:

    They dont need birth control, they have laws about how many children each person can have. You wanna talk birth control talk Ethiopia.

  23. DefconO1 says:

    Ok I think we have enough people to start populating space now thanks.

  24. Dredgion says:

    250000 poeople want to go on just one Toilet ! thats a Crime !

  25. SgtSlaughter94larry says:

    Asian brit lmfao

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