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[quote=LEONARDO,259283]Staking lives because of poverty
                 --- Coal miners’ voice need to be heard( December 2006)

Before we go I’d like to draw your attention to a piece of news reported by Xinhua News Agency on December 5, 2006: Mine bosses jailed over deaths

In Xian, two coalmine bosses are sentenced to prison for the 2004 gas explosion that killed 166 miners. Mining bosses know the unsafe conditions and yet they still send workers to face death.  A total of 293 miners were working two years ago when the deadly blast occurred in the Shaanxi gas explosion. Liu Shuangmin and Wang Youjun, the mine bosses who were responsible for the deadly blast two years ago were arrested a year ago and now are sentenced to prison.

As a coal miner, I think this is happy occasion that deserves celebrating, because justice has long arms, and the culprits were finally brought to justice. However, unfortunately, since the inception of winter, so many coal mine accidents occurred frequently and caused so many casualties. According to statistics with the State Administration of Work Safety, our country produced 35% of the worlds’ coal last year, but reported 80% of the total deaths in coal mine accidents. This means that coal mining has become the most deadly job in China.

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