{"id":15338,"date":"2007-10-28T14:41:16","date_gmt":"2007-10-28T21:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/10\/28\/more-mine-disasters-when-will-this-end\/"},"modified":"2009-01-30T12:03:55","modified_gmt":"2009-01-30T19:03:55","slug":"more-mine-disasters-when-will-this-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/10\/more-mine-disasters-when-will-this-end\/","title":{"rendered":"More Mine Disasters, When Will This End?"},"content":{"rendered":"
According to official figures, more than 4700 coal miners<\/a> died in China last year. But independent labor groups put the real toll at closer to 20,000 annually. It has become so routine that hardly anyone notices anymore<\/a>. Here is a partial list of mine disasters this month alone.
\n* Chengcheng county, <\/span>Shaanxi<\/a> province: <\/span>9 trapped in Chinese coal mine<\/a>, October 28, 2007
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* Yingying, <\/span>Shanxi<\/a> province: <\/span>Mine Tunnel Collapses, 12 Dead<\/a>, October 28, 2007
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* <\/span>Chongqing<\/a> Municipality, <\/span>Mine blast in Chongqing kills 7, 4 missing<\/a>, October 26, 2007
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* Yanbian, Jilin<\/a> province: Four miners killed in coal mine accident<\/a>, Oct. 21, 2007
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* Jianxin, <\/span>Jiangxi<\/a> province: <\/span>16 workers killed in China coal mine blast<\/a>, October 14, 2007<\/span>
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* Yongding county, Fujian<\/a> province: One killed, four missing in flooded coal mine in Fujian<\/a>, Oct. 9, 2007
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* Shunxing, Yunnan<\/a> Province: Coal mine blast kills 7, injures 5 in Yunnan<\/a>, Oct. 6, 2007\n<\/p>\n\n
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