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50 Years after the Tangshan Earthquake: A Recurring Pattern of Suppressing Scientific Warnings

Summary by The Epoch Times
News Analysis July 28, 2026, marks the 50th anniversary of one of the deadliest earthquakes of the twentieth century and one of the worst natural disasters in modern Chinese history. The disaster in Tangshan—and later the 2008 Sichuan earthquake—illustrates a recurring pattern in which scientific expertise has at times been subordinated to political considerations before disasters, while information has been tightly managed afterward. At 3:42 a.…

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50 Years after the Tangshan Earthquake: A Recurring Pattern of Suppressing Scientific Warnings

News Analysis July 28, 2026, marks the 50th anniversary of one of the deadliest earthquakes of the twentieth century and one of the worst natural disasters in modern Chinese history. The disaster in Tangshan—and later the 2008 Sichuan earthquake—illustrates a recurring pattern in which scientific expertise has at times been subordinated to political considerations before disasters, while information has been tightly managed afterward. At 3:42 a.…

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The Epoch Times broke the news in New York, United States on Sunday, August 9, 2026.
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