Hong Kong's Catastrophic Fire Provokes Questions and Fury
Big Take2 Des 2025

Hong Kong's Catastrophic Fire Provokes Questions and Fury

Hong Kong’s worst fire disaster in decades has stirred up public anger over negligence, safety standards and official accountability.

On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, host K. Oanh Ha talks to Bloomberg’s Shawna Kwan and Jenni Marsh about the devastation, the political fallout and how the public outcry is causing unease in Beijing.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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