Jiang Mei for ChinaFile/The Intercept

Tao Guomin owns a 300-ton cargo ship, which he primarily uses to transport chloroform and hydrochloric acid. After he received an assignment to transport a shipment of hydrochloric acid, he donned a facemask and climbed into the storage container to clean up chloroform from a previous shipment.

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Tao Guomin owns a 300-ton cargo ship, which he primarily uses to transport chloroform and hydrochloric acid. After he received an assignment to transport a shipment of hydrochloric acid, he donned a facemask and climbed into the storage container to clean up chloroform from a previous shipment.