Shadows of a dark time in Tianjin linger even today一百多年前一场谣言导致的灾难In 1870,the city of Tianjin exploded in a day of rage.By nightfall,21 foreign residents of the city were dead,including 16 nuns dragged from an orphanage and publicly tortured to death.The still-new network of trans-continental telegraph cable spread word of the outrage around the globe.In China,the court of the Qing Empire made ready for war.Officials from the coastal treaty ports warned Shadows of a dark time in Tianjin linger even today More than a century ago a rumor caused a disaster. In 1870, the city of Tianjin exploded in a day of rage.By nightfall, 21 foreign residents of the city were dead, including 16 nuns dragged from an orphanage and publicly tortured to death.The still-new network of trans-continental telegraph cable spread word of the outrage around the globe. China, the court of the Qing Empire made ready for war. Officials from the coastal treaty ports warned