China loses credibility with lies on chemical spill
In the south-west, meanwhile, thousands fled the area of another industrial accident for fear of a second toxic leak.
A 80-kilometre stretch of cancer-causing benzene was slowly winding its way down the Songhua River through Harbin, in China's frigid north-east. Authorities estimate that 100 tons of pollutants were released into the river following a November 13 chemical plant explosion upstream.
