Posted on 08/01/2006 9:28:37 AM PDT by Tulsa Ramjet
Beijing, July 30 (Xinhua) China's economic hub Shanghai has built an underground bunker that can accommodate 200,000 people in an emergency to evade blasts, poisonous gas emission and nuclear radiation, according to a local media report.
The bunker covers a total area of more than 90,000 square metres. It has 15 passages nearly 4,000 metres in length each to link the underground space with ground buildings and facilities, including office towers and residential departments, the Shanghai Morning Post reported on Saturday.
Once an inlet or exit is blocked, the people hiding in the underground bunker can choose any other one to go in or out.
Besides, the bunker is connected with subways, which can help people flee from one district to other districts in Shanghai, the report said.
The people in the bunker may avoid the harm brought by disasters taking place on the ground, such as blasts, poisonous gas emission and nuclear radiation, the report said quoting an official of the Civil Defence Office as saying.
Water, power and ventilation systems in the bunker are capable of supporting people to hide for seven to 15 days in safety, the official said.
In peaceful times, some parts of the bunker can be used as garages, warehouses or commercial facilities, the official said.
Shanghai, the economic hub and financial centre of China, has now a population of about 17.78 million with a city area of about 5,155 square km.
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Hello 17.78 Million people, only 200,000 of you will fit. Please keep it orderly.
Thank you.
Does it have a "quiet room"?
"Mr. President, we cannot allow a mineshaft gap!"
Population, 17 million...
Wouldn't want to see 17.78 million trying to cram into a space for 200,000.
Hoo boy - time to boycott "made in China" - half their commercial paper is worthless and it would take 2 milliseconds of cashflow disruption to bring the whole thing down.
"Bin Laden and the terrorist could escape through China ??"
BIN LADEN IS IN CHINA????????????? GET HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Shanghai elite couldn't give a damn about the other 17.5 mil.
Makes me think of some of the MTR stations in Hong Kong.
You can go along an exit passageway and end up *blocks* away from the station you were in.
"Hoo boy - time to boycott "made in China" - half their commercial paper is worthless and it would take 2 milliseconds of cashflow disruption to bring the whole thing down."
Isn't it nice that when you buy "made in china" products, you help build the bunker that will house their leaders as they are engaged in annihilating Japan, Taiwan, or worse,...Hollywood? Wait, is that worse?
Civil Defense, maybe?
Ha ha. you're right. So many nations are standing by to launch on china. More likely a protective measure after they initiate an attack on someone else.
Premier: And then we pound them with our missiles!
General: What about the counter attack?
Premier: Huh?
General: When Japan launches back, what about that?
Premier: WE ARE CHINA! NO ONE LAUNCHES ON CHINA!!
General: Uhhh...okaaaaay.
Premier: Well...maybe a small bunker. Just in case.
Communist countries always were logical about nuclear war.
That may be, but I'd like to know how 200,000 elite could stop 17.5 million from during whatever they felt like doing.
200,000 people crammed into 90,000 square feet? I guess they can all stand up indefinately.
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