A typical summer night. Witnesses recall it being quite muggy, but everyone slept like a baby. It was the middle of the week, and the grueling shifts in the mine were exhausting. A significant portion of the population was still working the night shift with pickaxes. Tangshan, 150 kilometers east of Beijing, is a key Chinese mining and smelting center. A typical industrial city. When the first tremors struck, no one had time to escape. Bursting …
A typical summer night. Witnesses recall it being quite muggy, but everyone slept like a baby. It was the middle of the week, and the grueling shifts in the mine were exhausting. A significant portion of the population was still working the night shift with pickaxes. Tangshan, 150 kilometers east of Beijing, is a key Chinese mining and smelting center. A typical industrial city. When the first tremors struck, no one had time to escape. Bursting …