Iran's missile went into Dubai: three Chinese spoke for 48 hours.

Original by: lin night

The busiest international airport in the world, Dubai, was blown up。

This is not a normal airport. Atlanta's largest customer, but relying on domestic United States flights. The true king of international flights is Dubai, a super-hub connecting Europe and Asia, with 1,200 flights coming and going every day. Two hours later, Abu Dhabi airport was also bombed. Two major airports in the United Arab Emirates were completely destroyed overnight。

The exit is broken。

On February 28th, at 4 p.m., a Chinese developer, Wu, just returned from the centre of the city, banging out the window three times. He immediately knew it was a missile. This voice was heard during previous activities in Lebanon and Iraq。

It's been ringing ever more and ever since midnight. He saw a missile intercepted in the direction of Marina and exploded in the air。

"Only in the movies before," he said, "This time, the Earth has shown me a big film."

The Dubai landmark Palm Island Hotel was bombed, a fire broke out at the Seven Star Liner Hotel and an interception flare over Khalifa, the highest building in the world. These names appear regularly in tourist advertisements and now in war news。

That morning, the United States and Israel joined forces against Iran. Iran fought back within hours and missiles were fired at Israel and the entire Gulf. Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia. Iran made it clear that helping the United States was a target。

By the time it was sent, Iran had launched at least six waves of attacks, 167 missiles and more than 500 drones。

CHEONAN CEO, WHO IS IN THE UAE AT THIS POINT, HAS BEEN GIVEN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW THAT SAYS, "ABSOLUTELY, BECAUSE OF THE EXISTENCE OF AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS, SECURITY AS A WHOLE IS FUNDAMENTAL, BUT PEOPLE WHO MAY LACK ACCESS TO INFORMATION ARE MORE FRIGHTENED."

In addition, she mentioned that “bombs and missiles can be mass casualties. But the current interception of debris and drone strikes are more psychological and economic harm to the population

THE RATE OF CHINESE GROWTH IN DUBAI WAS VERY HIGH, WITH ABOUT 300,000 CHINESE RESIDENT IN 2025. LONG CITY IN DUBAI, BUILT IN THE DESERT 15 KILOMETRES FROM THE OLD CITY, WAS ONCE CALLED "THE LARGEST CHINESE TRADING CENTRE OUTSIDE MAINLAND CHINA". CHINESE INTERNET COMPANIES USE IT AS A BRIDGEHEAD FOR THE SEA。

Chinese people in all walks of life have taken root in this desert city。

Over the past decade, they have become accustomed to the political stability of the UAE, to zero income tax and to feeling that "the Middle East has nothing to do with me."。

Until the missiles arrive。

A Chinese man wrote in his friend's circle: "When he came to Dubai to avoid taxes, he now crouched in a bomb shelter."

We interviewed four people in Dubai and shared the real situation with them。

It's been blown up, but it's still ready to order

Wu was associated with the development of tools in Dubai and lived near Marina, not far from the Palm Island entrance. This position is usually a selling point, and now it's a problem: it's closer to the base of the American Army, Jebel Ali。

On 28 February, at 4 p.m., he had just finished his meal near Khalifa and had just returned home, banging and banging outside the window。

He had heard that voice before when he was a developer in Lebanon and Iraq。

However, there was no anti-missile system in those areas, so they blew it down and fled the bombing area. Dubai's different, there's Sad. Missiles may be intercepted and detonated in the air, or may be distorted, resulting in random landings and easy landings in civilian areas。

The noises were becoming more and more intense, involving sirens and ambulances. Most of the people on the road are calling their families to tell them that they are safe and in haste。

In the middle of the night, the cell phone sounded a government alarm. Dripping, stinging, three or four minutes. And then the building rings. He and his wife went out to the garage。

The garage is crowded. Some people hold children and some stuff mineral water and cookies in the trunk. The engine's still running. It's ready to go. Worst case, drive。

The next morning at 8 a.m., a loud sound woke his wife up. She woke him up: "It was so close. He looked at the window and the glass was shaking. The glass on the opposite floor is shaking。

But today the government did not raise alarms, and he assumed he did not want to create panic. Or feel that civilian areas will not be bombed。

However, most of the city is still functioning normally, without any reported panic。

Wu goes downstairs to the supermarket. The shelf is full, there's milk bread, no one's stealing it. I ordered a McDonald's for half an hour, and I joked him when I sent him。

But the Chinese supermarket was the opposite. Last night at 9:30, the system was too busy. Try it again at 10:00. It's not coming down. It didn't arrive today. Officially, they're too many to buy。

Wu's British neighbour left early in the morning, dragged his suitcase and walked fast。

The evacuation is currently in about three directions:

First, someone drove to Oman overnight, the only country in the neighbourhood that had not been hit by Iran, but the road to Oman was now almost impassable。

Secondly, there is a retreat to Alein, and in the middle of the desert, missiles probably do not blow up the desert。

Thirdly, there are people moving to Sharjah, where there are no military installations. The border crossings are estimated to have been blocked。

Wu is going to look again. “Iran cannot have an unlimited number of missiles, so it is expected that the latter will be more manageable. Yesterday, the official said 137 stopped 132, and today a dozen more。

The exit route will also be chosen in three directions, with water and food in the vehicle and emergency wallets。

HE HAS A FRIEND WHO SELLS AT THE AIRPORT. WHEN THE T3 TERMINAL WAS BLOWN UP, THE FIRST MESSAGE WAS SENT: SMOKED, ON THE WAY OUT. CHINESE POINT-TO-POINT NETWORK, FASTER THAN OFFICIAL, BETTER THAN MEDIA. WHO'S DOWN THERE, WHO'S CLOSED, WHO'S GOT THE GOODS AT THE SUPERMARKET, AND IT'S COMING FROM THE TWITTER COMMUNITY。

Midtown Chinese friends started moving out and looking for smaller buildings. Because Khalifa was too high, too visible. Both the sailboat hotel and Palm Island were hit, and Iran appears to be interested in the subject matter。

He said that if Iran continued to do so, it might consider leaving. "Trust is hard to build. Once broken, they will not return."

Now we have to wait. When the United States stops, when Iran doesn't finish, when the sound gets closer or farther。

I want to sneak to the bomb scene

Mason lives in the Silicon Valley in Dubai and is said to have a United States military base nearby, which he has never taken seriously。

On the afternoon of 28 February, he was eating and a hotel in Dubai marked Palm Island was hit by a missile. He finished his meal and wanted to drive to the scene, and the navigation showed the path to the scene of the bombing, which was blocked and had to stop。

Mason wasn't scared, "Maybe too far away."

10 minutes before he spoke to the writer, he heard another explosion, this time on top of his head. The missiles were intercepted, blown up in the air and heard loudly. He looked out the window and there were others downstairs。

Just last night, several of his mobile phones rang, and the Government's alarm pierced the night. The alarm was about to avoid going out and keep a little bit with the window. He heard the sound of tearing from the sky, and he could not tell whether it was a fighter or a missile, but flew and did not explode in the vicinity. Then he fell asleep。

Wakes up in the morning to do the news, until 1:00 in the morning, the T3 terminal was hit by a drone. Mason wanted to fly to Milan to watch the Paralympics in the winter, and now the airport is shut down indefinitely. The video of the airport was posted on Twitter, and he took a look at it。

Someone started to evacuate. In some of the local people in Dubai where Mason was working as a guide, there was talk about VIP clients leaving, but the Omani border was blocked, and visas were always in line, much less now. He was asked if he wanted to withdraw, and he left his debt in his heart: more than 1,000 kilometres to Saudi Arabia, and hundreds of kilometres to Oman. "It may be even more dangerous to go to Oman now, and we don't know what will happen on this road."

Mason decided to stay put。

"All exaggerated," he said, "The video on the Internet, "The sailboat hotel is a landmark, and when it is blown up, the killer is known."

Mason believes that the missiles are now precision-guided, aimed at the base and do not explode indiscriminately. Unless intercepted, debris may fall elsewhere。

He had a friend who was a realtor. Several of the clients who were supposed to come to Dubai to see the house are not coming. “The holidays must have had an impact. But he thinks it's short term. The real problem is what people think outside. What if the plane comes and the missile goes? You can't fly back when you're here

"You have to come this way, you have to know."

Mason was also thinking about going to the bombed sailboat hotel to see the scene. The doorman advised not to go out. He had a little regret。

Passing through the no-disturbing alarm

Olivia Olivia lives in a densely populated residential area, 8 km from the coastline. The coastline was headed towards Iran, where the sailboat hotel, Palm Island and Dubai terminal were located。

In the afternoon of February 28, she took a nap and woke up with a bunch of people asking her if she was safe. A few hours later, she heard a bombing outside the window. Her glass had been modified, double floors of the original factory, and she had her own double layer, four layers of glass。

She had a medical appointment. She just canceled. However, people ' s lives are not much affected by the pool downstairs because it is weekends and people are still tanning。

There were three consecutive bombings at night. Nightingale fighters patrolled the sky and went through it. At midnight she fell asleep and her cell phone woke up the whole family - in a no-disturbing mode, but the alarm went through. Home, three people, four or five cell phones, alarms at the same time。

A group of friends went to Amman and the road was blocked. A friend of hers, who was the founder of a New York company, sent his staff to Amman overnight to pick them up in a private plane。

Originally intended to return in March and April, the airport is now stopped indefinitely and, if it is not able to make it, re-flying through neighbouring countries。

Online video was scary, but she didn't think it was that exaggerated。

Olivia judges the situation will improve. Khamenei is dead, and the rest are fighting to the end, "When they run out of ammunition, this will be over."

When she dropped off the phone, she said she didn't sleep well last night and was ready to hang out。

Wait till the wind stops

Dubai has no four seasons. It's only hot, it's hotter。

But in two days, 300,000 Chinese felt another temperature. Not sure。

Wu saw the neighbor with the baby in the garage, and Mason was thinking about going to the sailboat hotel to see the ruins, and Olivia set up a no-disturbing mode but the alarm went through. What's right is that people who have the ability to retrieve information don't panic, but the bottom line is always there. The noise outside the window, the alarms on the phone, the news from the crowd. Which building is blown up, which road is blocked, which supermarket has the goods。

We're all refreshing, waiting。

When the U.S. stops, when Iran finishes, when the airport reopens, when the "normal" notice。

Someone ran off overnight. Someone decided to stay. Some people are sunning by the pool and some have put passports and cash into emergency kits. Everyone's choice is right and wrong, just a chance。

Most of the Chinese coming to Dubai are not for risk. On the contrary, it is for certainty. Tax determination, regulation, business determination. In 30 years, the city built an order in the desert。

Palm Island, the sailboat hotel and Khalifa were all monuments to that order. Man can overcome the desert and build prosperity in the wilderness。

But there are things that are beyond human control。

Two countries fell off the table and the missiles flew in. It's not about whether or not you choose, it's not about whether you're a good person, it's not about how many taxes you pay, how many people you hire, how many buildings you build. You just happen to be here。

This is the world in 2026. Flights can stop, borders can be sealed and carefully planned lives can be disrupted in the afternoon. Not because of what you did wrong, but because no one on the chessboard of the great powers ever asked for the advice of the chess players。

Wu said he might stay if the situation stabilized. "Maybe it will be more peaceful."

This may be the calm that has been experienced. After this round, the talks are to be held and the stops will be. That is how the history of the Middle East is written, stopping and continuing。

Mason also wanted to see the scene of the bombing. It's probably just to confirm those images, to make sure that you've actually gone through them, to make sure that the city is still there, and that you're still there。

There was another noise outside the window。

It is unclear whether it is a missile or an interception, far or near。

It's okay. The sound is still far away, and the day is over. McDonald's still delivering food and goods at the supermarket。

Three hundred thousand Chinese, just wait。

Wait till the wind stops。

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