{"id":764,"date":"2016-04-18T13:20:50","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T13:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/?p=764"},"modified":"2016-04-18T13:20:50","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T13:20:50","slug":"frontloader-brawl-ensues-in-china-over-construction-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/frontloader-brawl-ensues-in-china-over-construction-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Frontloader brawl ensues in China over construction contracts."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police in northern China say an argument between construction workers escalated into a demolition derby-style clash of heavy machinery that left at least two bulldozers flipped over in a street.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acfun.tv\/v\/ac2678057\">online video<\/a> taken Saturday, several bulldozers are seen ramming each other while passenger cars scurry away from the cloud of dust.<\/p>\n<p>The video shows one driver running unhurt out of his toppled bulldozer, a fast-moving type also known as a wheel loader, while a friendly bulldozer tries to lift it back up.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ngpd7EE6buo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The construction workers were from two companies competing for business, Xu Feng, a local government spokesman in Hebei province&#8217;s Xingtang county, said Monday. 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