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Retired in Arizona after a career in both media and politics in upstate New York
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China has massive oil spill of its own

Seeded on Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:04 AM EDT
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China and environmental observers said cleanup efforts on the country's largest reported oil spill were progressing Thursday, but the environmental and economic damage was clear.

The cleanup — marred by the drowning of a worker this week, his body coated in crude — continued over a 165 square mile (430 square kilometer) stretch of the Yellow Sea off the northeastern city of Dalian, one of China's major ports and strategic oil reserve sites.

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It will be interesting to see how much coverage of this spill the government allows on Chinese television. There's a movement toward openness, but it has a long way to go.

    Reply#1 - Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:05 AM EDT
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