China / Reporters' log

Chemical team faces daunting job

[2015-08-20 06:57]

Another group of heroes has also drawn increasing attention-the chemical defense team from the PLA Beijing Military Area Command.

Parents bid sad goodbye to firefighters

[2015-08-19 07:44]

On the side of the mourning wall hangs a board listing the names of firefighters missing since the Tianjin blast with a sentence that reads: "We are here waiting for you to come back."

Heroes run against crowd, toward the danger

[2015-08-14 07:19]

One sentence in the Newseum in Washington has stuck in my mind since a trip last summer: When you see people run against the crowd toward the danger, they are probably firefighters, police or journalists.

Introduction to Tianjin harsh for some

[2015-08-15 08:09]

I have mixed feelings about the fact that I've run into three interviewees in a single day who less than a month ago traveled a long way to work in Tianjin.

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