Recently, Sanhe City in Hebei Province, located merely 40 miles from the center of Beijing, was hit by two significant explosions. China experts say the possibility of politically motivated crime cannot be ruled out.
On March 13, during the two sessions in Beijing, a powerful explosion ripped through a five-story hotel in Sanhe city. Video footage captured the devastating aftermath, with the building seemingly split in half.
Chinese authorities reported seven dead and 27 injured. However, due to China’s history of opaque reporting, the true number of casualties remains unknown. Authorities initially blamed a gas leak, but both of the area’s gas suppliers refuted those claims. In addition, a nearby barbecue restaurant suspected of a gas leak denied using gas altogether. Despite these inconsistencies, the investigation was quickly closed, and the ruins demolished, raising concerns about a possible cover-up.
Just 15 days later, another explosion occurred 1.25 miles from the previous blast. Chinese state media claimed the fire started at an electric car repair shop.
Close-up video footage of the fire showed the smoke and red fireball rising into the sky.
However, shortly after the accident, authorities quickly deleted videos of the fire and explosion posted on social media.
Political Motivation Can’t Be Ruled Out
These recent explosions, particularly their proximity to a major political event—the Two Sessions and the regime’s attempts to block information, have sparked speculation about underlying political motives.China expert Chen Pokong said on his YouTube program that while the cause remains unclear, the possibility of political factors cannot be ruled out.
“They could be accidents, but human factors might also be possible, given the pervasive animosity in Chinese society and the prevalence of retaliatory incidents,” he said.
Current affairs commentator Li Yanming told The Epoch Times that the recent spate of accidents and tragic killings in mainland China is, on the one hand, a sign of the end of the Chinese Communist regime, which is characterized by a loss of social morality and an impending social crisis. On the other hand, sensitive political factors may be involved.
Cascade of Accidents in March
Despite the CCP’s continued efforts to maintain stability, social unrest and acts of revenge appear to be escalating, especially on sensitive dates of major political events.The opening day of the Two Sessions, March 4, coincided with an explosion in a residential building located in Beijing’s Haidian District. The force of the blast shattered windows and doors and severely damaged surrounding apartments.
Several incidents occurred on the same day, March 7.
A video emerged in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, showing a disgruntled citizen using explosives to destroy the entrance to a government building.
In Jiangsu’s capital city, Nanjing, thick smoke billowed from the Jiangsu Provincial Public Security Bureau building, prompting a media blackout by the authorities.
A fire broke out in Zhuozhou County, Hebei province, engulfing a hospital building in flames.
In the early morning hours of March 10, a man in a black sedan accelerated toward the main gate of Zhongnanhai in an apparent attempt to break in, but the threshold of the gate was too high, and the driver was apparently unfamiliar with the road conditions. As a result, the car was forced to stop when it hit the threshold, and then dozens of black-clad security guards and armed police came out and surrounded the sedan, roughly removing the driver from the car and dragging him away.
Other passersby filmed the event, and in the video released online, some people could be heard shouting, “Murderous Communist Party!”
On March 19, a 21-year-old man surnamed Gao caused a traffic accident in Beijing by running a red light and colliding with an electric scooter. As he fled, he hit several other scooters.
Online footage showed the gruesome scene, with overturned vehicles, injured people, and visible blood stains on the road.
On March 26, the day after the conclusion of the China Development Forum in Beijing, someone revealed on the social media platform X that at about 8:30 p.m. that night, a person from Hebei drove a vehicle into Beijing and intentionally rammed into other vehicles and pedestrians, hitting more than ten vehicles. The incident prompted the deployment of nine ambulances.
The incident is suspected to involve an individual with a grievance taking revenge on society. According to his post on X, the regime has completely blocked the news inside China.
The series of distressing events has cast a shadow of uncertainty over China’s stability and safety. The lack of transparency surrounding the incidents and the regime’s handling of the aftermath raises serious questions.
