VIDEO: Cyclist dodges death in China under 14-wheel truck

A cyclist in the Chinese city of Ningbo dodged death when he was knocked off his bike by the huge truck, while making a right turn at the traffic lights. 

Caught on CCTV from several different angles, we see the man amazingly survive the experience, untouched by any of the 14 wheels.  He simply stands up, in shock, ready to continue his day.  Seems it was just not his day to go.

Shocking Video: 8 killed, 6 injured as truck crashes into bus stop in China

A truck crashed into a bus stop in northern China's Hebei Province Tuesday morning, killing eight people and injuring six more.  Captured on CCTV cameras, we see the accident from several angles.

The crash happened in downtown Zhangjiakou City after the truck's brakes failed, causing it overturn before crashing into the bus stop. The injured were rushed to hospital.

The difference between a magnitude 6.1 earthquake in China and the USA

The video shows the complete and utter difference between the 6.1 earthquake in Napa, California, where 100 were injured, but no one died, and a similar earthquake this month in southwestern China which killed hundreds and destroyed thousands of homes.  

The immense difference is, apparently completely man-made, as China does not enforce the same building regulations as other countries in the world, thus endangering the lives of the Chinese residents in those buildings.  See the comparison clearly below....

Highway collapses after fireworks truck blast in China, 6 killed

At least six people have been killed and several injured after a fireworks truck exploded, causing a section of a highway to collapse in China’s central Henan province

The truck, heavily laden with fireworks, exploded on an elevated highway on the G30 expressway near Sanmenxia, to the east of Xi'an in China's Henan province. The G30 is apparently the country's longest road.

The force of the explosion sent six vehicles plummeting off the highway into a ravine 30 meters below. Survivors are being retrieved by emergency teams.

Initially, Chinese radio put the number of dead at 26, but this has since been removed from their websites. 11 injured people were rushed to two nearby hospitals, three of whom have died. 

Citing local officials, Chinese state news said that the explosion happened at 8:52am local time (00:52 GMT) and that it has destroyed an 80-meter section of the road. Xinhua is reporting that the Ministry of Public Security has sent a team to the blast site to establish the cause of the explosion. 

In the run up to the Chinese New Year, happening on February 10, accidents involving fireworks are relatively commonplace. Due to public demand, large quantities of fireworks are transported throughout China, often under unsafe conditions.  Apparently in 2006, a fireworks storeroom exploded in Henan province, killing 36 people. 

Chinese road safely has recently been under discussion as the government apparently delayed plans to introduce harsher punishments. The public has been complaining about traffic violations, as fatal road accidents are quite common in China, with over 60,000 people dying on the roads in 2011 in accidents largely attributed to lax safety regulations.

Regarding firework related accidents, the Chinese government reportedly outlawed fireworks from 1993 to 2005, but ultimately lifted the ban due to intense public pressure.

To the source: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/342615

US programmer outsourced own work to China, played on Internet

A rather ingenious programmer, working for a critical infrastructure company in the US, outsourced his work to a Chinese contractor for a fraction of his salary. He then sat and played on Facebook, ebay and reddit and watched cat videos all day.

The unnamed programmer, dubbed "Bob" by the media, was earning a six-figure salary. He handed over his login information to a Chinese firm, giving them full access to do his work, then sat back and played, including watching cat videos, participating on Facebook and reddit.

His cover got blown by an audit, which revealed an active virtual private network (VPN) between "Bob's" workstation and the firm in Shenyang, China. Company executives, suspecting a breach in their security system, then requested an audit from Operations Verizon. 

Andrew Valentine, a spokesman for Verizon, said, "Evidence even suggested he had the same scam going across multiple companies in the area,” adding that “he earned several hundred thousand dollars a year, and only had to pay the Chinese consulting firm about $50,000 annually."

According to Verizon, the employee had sent his security credentials via Fedex to the Chinese firm, giving them access to log on with his username during working hours. 

Verizon also uncovered hundreds of PDF files and invoices exchanged between "Bob" and the contractor in Shenyang.

Valentine said that, "Authentication was no problem. He physically FedExed his RSA [security] token to China so that the third-party contractor could log-in under his credentials during the workday. It would appear that he was working an average nine-to-five work day.” 

Apparently the contractor in Shenyan had been working for "Bob" for several months and even had access to classified files of the “critical infrastructure company.” All this just begs the question, what did "Bob" actually do all day? The company had a look at his Internet browsing history, which revealed that he spent hours surfing reddit, updating Facebook and generally surfing the Web for cat videos.  

CNN has posted a typical working day in the life of "Bob": 

9:00 a.m. - Get to work, surf reddit, watch cat videos 

11:30 a.m. - Lunch 1:00 p.m. - ebay  

2:00 p.m or so - Facebook and LinkedIn

4:30 p.m. - Send end-of-day e-mail update to management 

5:00 p.m. - Go home 

The funny thing is, official performance figures for the company show that "Bob" was the most productive developer in the building. He was also described as “inoffensive, quiet” and talented, and is apparently fluent in several different programing languages. All sounds good, except, of course, he wasn't actually doing the work.

After the story broke in the media, there was a mixture of reactions, with some praising "Bob" for his ingenuity, and others, mainly in China, being more critical of his actions. 

Users of the Chinese Twitter-style social network Weibo, were particularly upset with one commenter writing, “Learn English and let’s find work in US. Why do we have to do the dirty work for such a cheap price in China?"

While "Bob's" real identity is still unknown, it has rather unsurprisingly been reported that he no longer works for the company, and it is pretty certain that the Chinese company has been fired too.

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/341518