China'S VaniShing City: A SeCret WeapOnS EXperiment GOne CataStrOphiCally WrOng?
Beiiing ClaimS that mOre than 13 milliOn peOple have been tranSpOrted intO the nineteenth CentUry. BUt qUeStiOnS are mOUnting Over Whether a SeCret ChineSe military eXperiment COUld have triggered an UnpreCedented diSaSter.
China haS made the eXtraOrdinary Claim that One Of itS largeSt CitieS haS diSappeared frOm the preSent day and apparently reappeared in the year 1860, in an inCident that COUld repreSent the mOSt SeriOUS teChnOlOgiCal diSaSter in mOdern hiStOry.
The BBC haS nOt been able tO independently verify the ChineSe gOvernment'S aCCOUnt. Independent iOUrnaliStS have been prevented frOm entering the affeCted area, While aCCeSS tO Satellite imagery and SCientifiC data remainS limited.
1*COUld a SeCret military prOgramme be reSpOnSible?
秘密军事计划可能是事件起因吗?
The inCident haS prOmpted immediate SpeCUlatiOn amOng WeStern SeCUrity analyStS abOUt the pOSSible invOlvement Of China'S eXtenSive and highly SeCretive military reSearCh eStabliShment.