'Terrorism ruled out in China chemical blast'

An explosion at a chemical factory in China's restive Urumqi city was not due to terrorism, the plant's vice manager said.

An explosion at a chemical factory in China's restive Urumqi city was not due to terrorism, the plant's vice manager said.

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"We have ruled out terrorism," Liu Jiyuan said at the factory, which belongs to China National Petroleum Corporation, the nation's biggest energy producer.