Jim Geraghty from today’s Morning Jolt on this news item out of China:

But it’s not just us: “Authorities in northeastern China have mobilised 1,000 vessels to help clean up an oil spill in the Yellow Sea caused by a weekend pipeline explosion and fire, the government said on Monday. Dozens of oil-skimming vessels were working to remove the slick off the port city of Dalian following Friday night’s accident which spilled an estimated 1,500 tonnes of crude into the sea, press reports said.” I’m sure Tom Friedman is proud.

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