Stand and deliver
By Yang Yang | China Daily | Updated: 2014-01-01 07:12
The logistics industry is booming, but it's a tough life for those on the roads, as Yang Yang reports from Beijing.
On Nov 29, Liu Xingliang of Guangrao county in East China's Shandong province died after receiving an express parcel at home in the morning delivered by YTO, one of China's largest express and logistics companies. The parcel contained a pair of shoes Liu had bought for his daughter but the goods had been contaminated by a poisonous chemical that had leaked from a plastic bottle during transportation.
The leak contaminated 154 parcels and letters causing two customers and seven deliverymen to fall ill and be sent to the hospital.
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