Huge blaze after blast rocks petrochemical plant in E China (VIDEO)
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Blast causes massive fire at chemical plant in China, firefighters at scene (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
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#BREAKING Blast hits pesticides factory in Jilin city in NE China, triggering fire. Residents warned to stay away
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Blast causes massive fire at chemical plant in China, firefighters at scene (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Published time: 9 Dec, 2015 14:35
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A blast has been reported at a pesticide plant in the city of Jilin, Jilin Province in northeastern China. A fire broke out following the explosion, with emergency crews now working at the scene.
At least four people were injured in the blast, CCTV reported.
Authorities have issued a warning for locals not to approach the plant, Chinese Sina news reported.
There have been no immediate reports of toxic leaks.
The incident reportedly happened around 8pm local time on Wednesday, with a large fire starting after the explosion. A video emerged online showing an orange glow lighting up the sky and emergency crews rushing to the scene.
Earlier this year, China suffered from a major blast at a warehouse storing hazardous chemicals in Tianjin, also in the country's north-east. More than 170 people were killed and nearly 800 injured in a series of explosions. Staggeringly high cyanide levels were registered in the area following the incident.
READ MORE: Cyanide levels ‘356 times higher than permitted’ found at Tianjin blast site – Chinese official
In 2005, explosions at a Jilin chemical plant caused a massive evacuation of the area. Tens of thousands of residents were forced to leave their homes. Six people were killed and dozens injured in the explosions. Following the incident, an 80-kilometer (50 miles) toxic slick appeared in the Songhua River, which for weeks flowed into the Amur River, one of the world's longest rivers.
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#UPDATE At least 4 people injured in blast at pesticides factory in Jilin city. Fire has been brought under control pic.twitter.com/xO7NyzsSS0
2:57 PM - 9 Dec 2015
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sitting
Dagobah Resident
The video posted on SOTT is more dramatic and perhaps more telling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znq5leBVZlM
These explosions are eerily similar to the ones that occurred in Tianjin in August -- although this episode may not be as devastating.
Now do watch this Tianjin version -- but excuse the excited language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhsOXdomPNU
Both have the look of kinetic weapons impact -- perhaps fired from satellites. The technology exists.
I tend to equate the first episode with the dramatic Chinese yuan devaluation of August 11th, 2015. A warning to the Chinese not to push the currency devaluation button any further. (It's important to note that Tianjin is only 50 miles or so from Beijing, so the message was delivered very close to home.)
Lately I've been watching the yuan currency chart. And a potential yuan breakout to the upside (dollar to the down side) looks possible. Those familiar with commodity chart patterns will see what I mean (anything above 6.4 being the potential breakout level):
http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=USD&to=CNY&view=1Y
Hence another demonstration of lethality?
And notice how silent the Chinese have been on the Syrian affair?
FWIW.
Caveat: All of this is nothing but pure speculation & conjecture. I've been worse than bad on economic projections -- so please take everything with a grain of salt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znq5leBVZlM
These explosions are eerily similar to the ones that occurred in Tianjin in August -- although this episode may not be as devastating.
Now do watch this Tianjin version -- but excuse the excited language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhsOXdomPNU
Both have the look of kinetic weapons impact -- perhaps fired from satellites. The technology exists.
I tend to equate the first episode with the dramatic Chinese yuan devaluation of August 11th, 2015. A warning to the Chinese not to push the currency devaluation button any further. (It's important to note that Tianjin is only 50 miles or so from Beijing, so the message was delivered very close to home.)
Lately I've been watching the yuan currency chart. And a potential yuan breakout to the upside (dollar to the down side) looks possible. Those familiar with commodity chart patterns will see what I mean (anything above 6.4 being the potential breakout level):
http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=USD&to=CNY&view=1Y
Hence another demonstration of lethality?
And notice how silent the Chinese have been on the Syrian affair?
FWIW.
Caveat: All of this is nothing but pure speculation & conjecture. I've been worse than bad on economic projections -- so please take everything with a grain of salt.
sitting
Dagobah Resident
Anam Cara said:
Thank you.
Can you post a link to the correct video? I searched but couldn't find it.
Ever since Russia's active participation in Syria, I've been on the lookout for the Empire's response. Like many, I felt there was no way they would sit still. Took a while, but the pattern seems to be emerging. Treacherous and diabolical as usual:
Create a three front conflict (Syria -- Iraq -- Ukraine) to extend & dilute Russian resources.
Press further on oil price decline (now under $40) to drain Russian export revenues.
Keep Russia's most potent ally (China) at bay.
The Tianjin incident was very significant in my opinion. And the Chinese have gone somewhat MIA. This new episode may have been purely accidental. Regardless, the upthrust in Yuan recently (now at 6.45) is very very real.
I could be wrong.
FWIW.
sitting
Dagobah Resident
sitting said:
My apologies for a descriptive error.
The correct sequence above is downside ... upside.
Here Up is really down -- as the quotation reference is in dollar/yuan. The higher that chart moves up, the more yuan each dollar buys ... hence the lesser the yuan value.
In this particular case, the Empire is paradoxically worried about too strong a dollar (not a dollar collapse.) But only in relation to the Chinese currency.
The Empire is quite fearful of a much cheaper yuan, because of it's potential impact on their own equity & bond markets. We saw that this past August. They're less concerned about a balance-of-trade impact (which reflects a common misconception in my opinion.)
A seriously imploding U.S. stock & bond markets would greatly hinder (immediately) the Empire's ongoing machinations worldwide. It would in essence unwind the Rothschild empire.
A wild theory (maybe not so wild in my opinion) is that the Chinese deliberately dropped their own equity market -- with the expectation that the U.S. and European markets would follow. Thus impeding the Empire. That script was indeed playing out perfectly in August, till a truly awesome QE effort successfully countered it. The injections were absolutely astounding.
I believe the Tianjin (Beijing) kinectic weapon demonstration was a sign of the matter's urgency.
As the C's recently suggested, a lot is going on behind the scenes ... and below the surface. So please read everything in the news media with discriminating awareness.
I could be wrong.
FWIW.
sitting
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sitting said:
And "they" love a strong dollar -- when it comes to the ruble.
This is happening. Ruble has recently gone beyond previous so-called crisis levels. Now at 71 plus to the dollar. (Not a surprise, with crude way below $40.)
http://www.exchangerates.org.uk/USD-RUB-exchange-rate-history.html
Note that what was previously considered a "crisis" level is much less so now. All relative. This means one ought not to get too hung up on any single economic indicator -- when interpreting world affairs.
The exception might be the yuan. Primarily due to how it can hit U.S. equity & bond markets. There IS a strong psychological linkage here I believe.
The yuan has gone down further. And the U.S equity market IS feeling it presently. This is ONE area that can dent the Empire's efforts, coming from within. Fear & anxiety (from crashing stock prices) for the populace. Their eyes (and maybe even minds) would then open wider, when they sense their own precariousness. We are after all, selfish creatures.
I could be wrong.
FWIW.
sitting
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sitting said:
The ruble decline is accelerating. Now at 74 to the dollar.
http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/USDRUB:CUR
At some point (very close now), there may be serious damage to the Russian economy. And its populace. Those (in Saudi Arabia primarily) are playing with fire I think. As Russia, and Putin is unlikely to sit still and simply watch.
Someone, somewhere is gonna get a serious wake-up call very soon.
I could be wrong.
FWIW.
sitting
Dagobah Resident
sitting said:
The yuan this morning weakening further ... now at 6.53 and change.
Concurrently this morning:
German Dax down over 4% (so far)
Shanghai index down nearly 7%
Something is going on and we'll probably find out in the days ahead. These spike moves are unusual and often telling (in a few days time.) As I mentioned once before, the Chinese might have purposefully dropped their own equity market ... with the expectation and hope it will lead to a hammering of the U.S. equity market. And this nearly happened back in August 2015, until the Fed intervened.
This time around however ... may be different. Needless to say, a severe & sustained decline in American share prices will have implications far beyond just money.
This is my speculation. And I could be very wrong.
FWIW.
angelburst29
The Living Force
sitting said:
You're right - something is going on?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-04/china-halts-stock-trading-day-after-entire-market-crashes
Following the initial halt in CSI-300 Futures at the 5% limit down level, the afternoon session opened to more carnage and amid the worst ‘first day of the year’ in at least 15 years, Chinese stocks collapsed further to a 7% crash. At 1334 local time, stock trading was halted for the rest of the day across all exchanges (at least two hours early).
As Bloomberg reports,
Chinese stock trading was halted for the rest of the day after the CSI 300 Index plunged more than 7 percent.
Trading of shares and index futures was halted from about 1:34 p.m. local time, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Stocks fell as manufacturing contracted for a fifth straight month and investors anticipated the end of a ban on share sales by major stakeholders.
Under the mechanism which only became effective Monday, a move of 5 percent in the CSI 300 triggers a 15-minute halt for stocks, options and index futures, while a move of 7 percent close the market for the rest of the day. The CSI 300 of companies listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen fell as much as 7.02 percent before trading was suspended.
Dow futures are now down over 150 points from NYE close, Gold and Treasuries are bid, and offshore Yuan has plunged most since the August devaluation.
yeah, I think something is definitely up - reminds me of what was written before during the Chinese stock market collapses in 2015 indicating that this could be another attack from the Empire...
Further, in Hong Kong now, there is this bizarre situation/issue where bookstore owners of stores selling book critical of Chinese public officials have now gone "missing"... everybody is town in blaming the Chinese authorities for their disappearances - and this is causing quite a stir; conveniently further fuel for the previously flagging occupy central movement. So far no official explanation yet from the Hong Kong Police or Chinese authorities. I think there are a lot of suspicious elements to the story, and highly likely that the Empire is involved as well.
Looks like in 2016 the BRICS nations are firmly in the crosshairs for destabilization.
More on story here :
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/04/hong-kong-activist-agnes-chow-beijing-missing-booksellers-viral-video
Further, in Hong Kong now, there is this bizarre situation/issue where bookstore owners of stores selling book critical of Chinese public officials have now gone "missing"... everybody is town in blaming the Chinese authorities for their disappearances - and this is causing quite a stir; conveniently further fuel for the previously flagging occupy central movement. So far no official explanation yet from the Hong Kong Police or Chinese authorities. I think there are a lot of suspicious elements to the story, and highly likely that the Empire is involved as well.
Looks like in 2016 the BRICS nations are firmly in the crosshairs for destabilization.
More on story here :
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/04/hong-kong-activist-agnes-chow-beijing-missing-booksellers-viral-video
sitting
Dagobah Resident
Mr.Cyan said:
C's have indicated that our financial markets are the interplay of two (hidden) opposing forces. One calling for continuation (higher) -- the other wanting collapse.
This was their revelation.
The so-called economic basis for the health of markets is really just camouflage & diversion. Took me a long time to fully understand and accept this point of view. I now firmly believe.
(The Rothschilds however, never had such illusions.)
The Chinese, while wishing to counter American & Zionist moves, had to proceed cautiously. They see structural weakness in our financial system, built on unfathomable amounts of debt. Toppling it would cause enormous carnage worldwide. But it's one sure means of stopping the Empire in its tracks. This they are willing to do I think.
I see merit in this idea when swift retaliation came -- after the Chinese yuan devaluation (Aug. 11.) One day later (on Aug. 12), a kinetic weapon display took place within 50 miles of Beijing. A nerve was touched -- on both sides.
From where we sit today, the American market has far greater vulnerability than the Chinese market -- being so much more inflated. (see charts below.)
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/quickchart/quickchart.asp?symb=CN%3ASHCOMP&insttype=&freq=2&show=&time=13
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/quickchart/quickchart.asp?symb=spx&insttype=&freq=2&show=&time=13
The final outcome is no foregone conclusion -- as the Fed will do its utmost to maintain continuation. But there are natural limits to everything.
I could be quite wrong.
FWIW.
PS
One should be very careful when assessing these umbrella types. Often they are not what they seem.
angelburst29
The Living Force
sitting said:
This may have something to do with China, the Yuan and the Shanghai index?
I posted this first link in the Turkey thread (#339) a few days ago from Zerohedge. It goes into detail on how this situation came about...... Dubai was acting as a middleman in smuggling billions of dollars worth of gold from Turkey to Iran, without anyone noticing for years. It seems, the Emirate has also been instrumental in facilitating the transfer of tens of billions of dollars from the west (mostly the UK and Switzerland) but also every other gold producer, and into China via Shanghai. Quote from second link, "Gold Holding’s (aka Dubai’s) hint that Russian gold no longer has to be denominated in US Dollars for transaction purposes. Instead, it can be denominated in Yuan…. as can Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina and Africa gold transactions, in the process bypassing the SWIFT payment system entirely, and all official traces and records that a gold transaction ever took place!"
"And It's Gone... It's All Gone" - The One Gold Scandal That Goes To The Very Top
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-24/exclusive-gold-gone-its-all-gone-one-gold-scandal-goes-very-top
Now updated:
Zerohedge: On The Trail Of Dubai’s Stolen Gold: A Robbed Client Breaks The Silence, And A Fascinating Detail Emerges
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-01/trail-dubais-stolen-gold-client-breaks-silence-and-fascinating-detail-emerges
On Christmas Day, 2015, we told our readers the fascinating tale about the Turkish-Iranian gold smuggling ring – perhaps the biggest and most brazen in history, one which lasted for years, which saw billions in gold transported out of Turkey and into Iran to allow Tehran to circumvent the western financial sanctions using gold as a medium for bater, and which was all made possible thanks to the tiny Emirate of Dubai.
What made this particular instance of gold smuggling especially memorable is that it reached to the very political top in both Turkey, and Iran, and Dubai.
However, while the broad framework of Turkey’s exporting of gold to Iran, initially directly and then via Dubai, had been already in the public domain, Zero Hedge first revealed the man, or rather people, who made it all possible: the Dubai gold “trading” company of Gold.A.E. – is a subsidiary of Gold Holdings Ltd, a company which is owned by SBK Business Holdings and Abu Dhabi’s second in command, the son and avisor to the ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheik Sultan bin khalifah Al Nahyan.
The reason why Gold.A.E. suddenly, and very dramatically, emerged on the global arena is because as we first reported a week ago, the company’s “new” management team admitted that after many months of “inquiries”, it had discovered that not only had the “old” management, led by the now former CEO of Gold A.E., Mohammad Abu Alhaj disappeared, but that all the money – and gold – held at Gold.A.E. which once again was primarily a “trading” front for the Turkish-Dubai-Iran gold smuggling triangle, had been stolen.
In a follow up article, “The Mystery Of Dubai’s Vaporized Gold: The Plot Thickens“, we presented readers with the version of events as laid out by the local press, in this caseArabian Business, which tried to assign responsibility for the theft, while in the process exonerating SBK Holdings and its billionaire owner – one of the most important people in the United Arab Amirates – and “washing” their hands of any accountability.
Recall, “the rush to make sure any link between the criminal Gold.AE and its parent, SBK Holdings-owned Gold Holding is immediately severed. A spokesperson for the DIFC said: “We wish to make it clear that although Gold AE is a subsidiary of M/s Gold Holding, which is a DIFC-based holding company, Gold AE and M/s Gold Holding Ltd are two separate entities.”
But was Gold Holding involved in the smuggling of billions in gold out of Turkey and into Iran? And then, back to Mohamed Abu Alhaj, who just a year ago was the widely respected CEO of Gold AE.
In short: one side saying the other is guilty, the other side responding identically, blaming the first side. Meanwhile the money – and gold – of the clients of this company, perhaps the most important gold holding company in the Persian Gulf, has been stolen.
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Here is a map showing the tentacles of Gold Holding: note the core presence in Turkey. (graph)
The company’s Org Chart is extensive, and clearly discloses the infamous Gold A.E., which curiously is shown as registered for trading not only in Dubai, but in… Shanghai? As for the distribution network, it clearly reaches all key regional money centers, and yet Iran is oddly missing…
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… and not only that, but it was here where we found what may be the most fascinating detail of today’s article, namely Gold Holding’s (aka Dubai’s) hint that Russian gold no longer has to be denominated in US Dollars for transaction purposes. Instead, it can be denominated in Yuan…. as can Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina and Africa gold transactions, in the process bypassing the SWIFT payment system entirely, and all official traces and records that a gold transaction ever took place!
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2015/12/Gold%20Holding%20China%20gold.jpg
Now this is simply stunning because over the past several years one of the biggest questions has been how did China smuggle thousands of tons of gold from around the world without the world, at least officially, noticing.
Well, recall how this entire story first developed: it was all thanks to Dubai acting as a middleman in smuggling billions of dollars worth of gold from Turkey to Iran, without anyone noticing for years. Could it be that maybe this tiny yet ultra rich Emirate has also been instrumental in facilitating the transfer of tens of billions of dollars from the west (mostly the UK and Switzerland) but also every other gold producer, and into China?
Because if so, it would promptly answer virtually every unanswered question about the global shadow, and very much undocumented, physical gold wave: one which takes the gold vaulted in the west, and moves it all the way as far east as Beijing… and all with Dubai’s blessings?
