Half a century ago, the Banqiao Dam collapse killed 240,000 people — the deadliest technological disaster in human history, surpassing even Chernobyl.
The Chinese government kept it under strict secrecy for decades, with zero public reflection.
On the 50th anniversary this year?
Chinese media fell completely silent.
Rescuers described the nightmare: along highways stretching over a hundred kilometers in the disaster zone, swarms of flies were so thick they bent tree branches under their weight.
This is the true face of the CCP — no regard for human lives, only for saving face.
They obsess over mianzi, yet repeatedly chase small short-term gains (贪小便宜) by cutting corners, ignoring risks, and prioritizing political image over safety.
The result? Catastrophic failures that destroy far more face than any honesty ever could.
Similar disasters will inevitably recur under the same rotten system. History erased, lessons ignored, lives disposable.