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HISTORY

The Blast that Nearly Destroyed Beijing

The Wanggongchang Explosion continues to mystify historians almost 400 years later

Industrial accidents are hardly news in China. But sometimes an industrial accident wipes out half a city, kills 20,000 people, and enters the annals of history as a story weird enough to be worthy of its own X-File.

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