The plague returns to China – China News

thedarkside.hk — With a nuclear war at our doorstep, a piggy cough pandemic and a struggling economy you’d think that we’ve had to endure enough shit for a while. Think again. A highly virulent lung disease otherwise known as the goddamn PLAGUE appears to have made a comeback in the ethnically Tibetan village of Ziketan, Qinhai province.

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