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bd popeye said:

All those little kids stuffed in that micro bus. 17 little kids(64 passengers in total). Imangine putting your child on that microbus wishing them wll for that day and then being called in to ID their little mangled body. Tragic & and Shameful.

It's apparent to me that China needs a major review or revision of it's laws re guarding safety. If there are any. weekly I read about the horrific accidents in China. No safety = tragedy. What about any of you members that have visited or lived in China? Is not safety a part of the culture? I'm always surprised that despite the number of hits on thsi thread there's is little response to the accidents. Betcha if it was an PLAAF aircraft crash and any non Chinese stated anything negative about the crash there would be a fire storm of statements. C'mon gents....What up with safety laws in general in China? What's up?.

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I don't think that chinese people care less about their safety of that of their children than their western counterparts. To assume so is insulting and factually wrong. What I think is China is still slowly transitioning from a 3rd world to a 1st world nation. I'm sure if there are more buses available they used them.

Despite a big economy and many technological advances being made in the past 20/30 yrs etc a large part of China is still 3rd world and a large part of their regulatory policies and laws are still antiquated. All this will change in the decades to come I'm sure.

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kwaigonegin said:

I don't think that chinese people care less about their safety of that of their children than their western counterparts. To assume so is insulting and factually wrong. What I think is China is still slowly transitioning from a 3rd world to a 1st world nation. I'm sure if there are more buses available they used them.

Despite a big economy and many technological advances being made in the past 20/30 yrs etc a large part of China is still 3rd world and a large part of their regulatory policies and laws are still antiquated. All this will change in the decades to come I'm sure.

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I agreed, but there's problems and all kinds of 3rd world country outlook in every single large nations. Even here in the US there are rural poverty and urban poverty existed. I feel the majority of the audiences here are more fascinated and concern about what's happening in China right now, instead of the plight of the illegal Mexican workers that did all hard labor to build this country, or the poor African American community that are suffering from gentrification and in desperate need to tackle the many issues that plagued them for decades.

Thanks for the responses gents.

There's accidents happening everywhere around the world. So why picked on China and its "safety" law?

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Of course there are accidents happening all over the world. I doubt you will ever see 59 persons stuffed in a micro bus in the USA.

I'm not picking on China. I just asked a question. Why were 59 persons stuffed in that micro bus?

I don't think that chinese people care less about their safety of that of their children than their western counterparts. To assume so is insulting and factually wrong.

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Never stated they did not care. Never. And when did I ever insult the Chinese people? The simple fact is that China has a safety problem. Pure and simple. It is proven out in the photos I see daily.

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China's unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou 8 landed in Siziwang Banner (county) in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at around 7:30 p.m., after completing the country's first-ever space docking mission. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Female inmates attend a facial class at a labor camp in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Nov 16, 2011. A total of 90 people received vocational certificates after taking free training courses offered by the camp. [Photo/CFP]

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A visitor tries a digital device functioning as a fitting mirror at the 13th China Hi-Tech Fair in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 16, 2011. The hi-tech fair kicked off here Wednesday. [Xinhua/Chen Bin]

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A robot acts following the gesture of a staff member at the 13th China Hi-Tech Fair in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 16, 2011. The hi-tech fair kicked off here Wednesday. [Xinhua/Chen Bin]

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An ethnic Miao group man shaves another villager's head with a sickle in the village of Basha in Congjiang county, Guizhou province Nov 16, 2011. The village, with a branch of ethnic Miao group of about 2,100 in population, is believed to be the last village authorized by the government to keep guns. The Basha men used to make their living as hunters with guns on their shoudles and knives on their waist. But nowadays their tradition has become a way to boost tourism, local media reported. [Photo/Agencies]

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An ethnic Miao group man fires a shot in the village of Basha in Congjiang county, Guizhou province Nov 16, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

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Chen Yuanjun, who was injured due to the house collapse, receives medical treatment in a hospital in Xinshao County of central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 15, 2011, his wife and son died in the accident. A house collapsed at around 7:40 pm Monday at Yuejin Village of Tanfu Township in Xinshao County of Hunan. Ten people were confirmed dead and 12 others were injured. [Xinhua/Bai Yu]

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Children being treated at a local hospital in Zhengning County, Qingyang City, northwest China's Gansu Province, Nov. 17, 2011. The death toll in a school bus accident that occurred here on Wednesday morning has risen to 20 following the death of one child later Wednesday. The victims, including 18 preschoolers and two adults, died in a head-on collision between a school bus and a truck in the city of Qingyang. (Xinhua/Gao Jianjun)

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China's Premier Wen Jiabao, (L) shakes hands with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, (R), before their bilateral meeting on the sideline of the 19th Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Nusa Dua at Indonesia's resort island of Bali on November 17, 2011. Southeast Asian leaders November 17 held talks in Bali dominated by a maritime dispute with China and a debate over whether to reward Myanmar for fledgling reforms.

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A worker stands on a wagon of a coal train as it tranfers coal to a power plant in Huaibei, Anhui province November 17, 2011. China's overall power consumption rose 11.35 percent from a year earlier to 379.7 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) in October, data from the National Energy Administration showed.

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A member of the Jinan Acrobatic Troupe presents a new performance called Fenmo, a mix of acrobatics and Opera, at the Budapest's Metropolitan Circus on November 16, 2011 during a jubilee gala. The Metropolitan Circus will host China's Jinan Acrobatic Troupe until January 1, 2012.

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Zhang Lei (R) of China receives a serve by Kenya while her teammate Hui Ruoqi looks on during a match of the World Cup women's volleyball tournament in Tokyo on November 17, 2011. China beat Kenya 3-0 (25-7, 25-15, 25-10).

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An exile Tibetan girl holds a Tibetan national flag as others look on during a march in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011. Hundreds of Tibetans marched through New Delhi to protest Chinese rule over their homeland.

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Snow removal vehicles work on the 303 provincial highway to clear snow for vehicles in Hami prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Nov 16, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Taiwan actress Michelle Chen poses during a promotional event to celebrate the upcoming Christmas, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong November 16, 2011.

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bd popeye said:

Thanks for the responses gents.



Of course there are accidents happening all over the world. I doubt you will ever see 59 persons stuffed in a micro bus in the USA.

I'm not picking on China. I just asked a question. Why were 59 persons stuffed in that micro bus?



Never stated they did not care. Never. And when did I ever insult the Chinese people? The simple fact is that China has a safety problem. Pure and simple. It is proven out in the photos I see daily.

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I just saw the news just now about this accident in China. The spokeswoman, who, surprisingly, spoke in english, told about the known danger of using van transport and the need for safer and bigger school buses. A parent told about being forced to use the van transport because they have no other choice and their children need to go to school. In the poorer areas, it's not that people do not care about safety. It's that they just do not have a safer alternative. Bear in mind that some of these areas may have only extricated themselves from poverty only in recent time.

The same with the coal miners there. Most of them are willing to risk their lifes to work in unlicensed coal mine because they don't have much choice of jobs in the poorer areas. Also the risk in mining in these coal mines may not be any much worse than driving in most countries. That's why most miners in these poorer areas, are willing to take the kind of risk.

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Quickie said:

I just saw the news just now about this accident in China. The spokeswoman, who, surprisingly, spoke in english, told about the known danger of using van transport and the need for safer and bigger school buses. A parent told about being forced to use the van transport because they have no other choice and their children need to go to school. In the poorer areas, it's not that people do not care about safety. It's that they just do not have a safer alternative. Bear in mind that some of these areas may have only extricated themselves from poverty only in recent time.

The same with the coal miners there. Most of them are willing to risk their lifes to work in unlicensed coal mine because they don't have much choice of jobs in the poorer areas. Also the risk in mining in these coal mines may not be any much worse than driving in most countries. That's why most miners in these poorer areas, are willing to take the kind of risk.

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I can't wait till the authority cracks down MORE on these unlicensed coal mines and take away all their profits and put it to local use.

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Gents , I have to go on a short road trip. I should be back by next Friday.

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bd popeye said:

Gents , I have to go on a short road trip. I should be back by next Friday.

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Have a safe trip man.

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I'm back..I did not have time while on vacation to post pix..

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (L) shakes hands with Vice Minister of China's National Development and Reform Commission Zhang Xiaoqiang (R), and Venezuelan Minister of Economy Jorge Giordani, in Caracas November 24, 2011. Chinese companies will join another four joint ventures with Venezuela's PDVSA in the extra-heavy crude Orinoco Belt where production is slated to soar in coming years, Venezuela's Energy Minister said on Wednesday.

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Wang Yihan smiles during the award ceremony of the women's singles of China Open badminton tournament at Yuanshen Gymnasium in Shanghai, China Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011. Wong Yihan won the women's singles final as her compatriot Wang Xin retired due to leg injury.

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A Chinese soldier plays with a dog as he stands guard on the banks of Hengqin island in Zhuhai, Guangdong province November 11, 2011. Hengqin, once a sleepy island off the southern coast of China, is gearing up to become the country's newest family friendly resort city, providing a big boost for its neighbouring gambling powerhouse, Macau. Just a stone's throw from Macau's neon lights, Hengqin has become a massive construction site that has attracted international investors such as Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc, since Beijing unveiled a plan two years ago to turn the mountainous island into a tourist destination. Picture taken November 11, 2011.

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Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou speaks to reporters outside the Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taipei on November 25, 2011. Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou on November 25 urged China to respect human rights after touring an exhibition in Taipei of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei's work.

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Chinese security guards prepare to evict an unlicenced vendor selling garlic at a market in Beijing on November 25, 2011. China will increasingly look to Africa over the next decade as the world's most populous nation seeks to ensure it has sufficient food supplies, according to a study published recently.

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Chinese vendors sell various produce at a market in Beijing on November 25, 2011.

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In this photo taken on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, a model poses in front of a Bugatti super car during a super car show in Macau. China's superrich want supercars. That's what the makers of world's most exotic and expensive sports cars are hoping as they gather in Macau this week for the first Asian edition of Monaco's annual Top Marques show that began eight years ago.

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A driver together with his family wait in his truck as they join a long queue of heavy vehicles waiting to fill up their tanks with diesel at a petrol station in Hefei, east China's Anhui province on November 23, 2011. Power shortages are common in China during the summer and winter months when demand soars, often leading to a supply squeeze of diesel as factories turn to generators to keep production lines operating during blackouts.

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Hundreds of sellers from China's largest consumer-to-consumer e-commerce platform, Taobao, stage a protest outside the firm's offices in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province on November 23, 2011, calling for the abolition of the website's feedback system. Taobao, a unit of Alibaba Group, founded by billionaire Jack Ma, is about 40 percent owned by Yahoo Inc, is the latest subsidiary to be hit by protests, as in October, thousands of small-business owners launched an online protest against Taobao Mall over a proposed fee hike.

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XIANTAO, CHINA - NOVEMBER 23: Rescuers work at a traffic accident site on November 23, 2011 in Xiantao, China. At least six were killed and 24 others injured in an accident involving 40 vehicles caused by heavy fog at Xiantao section of Wuhan-Yichang Freeway on Wednesday morning.

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