User:Donnie Park/Taoyuan bus fire

Taoyuan coach fire was a fire and accident that occurred in Taoyuan City, Taiwan on 19 July 2016 when a chartered coach carrying Taiwanese driver and tour guide and 24 tourists including 3 children from Liaoning, China, making their way home via Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, caught fire and crashed into a barrier; killing the entire occupants on board, making it the deadliest incident involving Chinese tourists since the government passed a legislation allowing them to enter the country in 2008.

Following the 2008 election in which Ma Ying-jeou became of president, he enabled Mainlanders the right to visit Taiwan as tourists

Works cited

• Mishkin, Sarah (2012-08-30). "Chinese tourists boost Taiwan economy". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 2016-07-22.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) -->

Bibliography

• "Breaking: 26 dead in tour bus blaze". Retrieved 2016-07-22.
• News, ABC. "Bus With Chinese Tourists Catches Fire in Taiwan, Killing 26". Retrieved 2016-07-22. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
• "Taiwan coach fire may due to electric short-circuit". english.cri.cn. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
• "Expanded inspections of tour buses begin - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
• "Bus blaze revives fears over assembled vehicles". Retrieved 2016-07-22.
• "China unhappy with Taiwan's tourist safety". Retrieved 2016-07-22.
• "Taiwan bus driver likely went into coma after inhaling smoke". www.ecns.cn. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
• "Transport minister vows reform after bus blaze". Retrieved 2016-07-22.
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• News, B. B. C. "Chinese tourists die in Taiwan bus fire". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-07-22. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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