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To: tsigprofit who wrote (44090)	1/4/2006 6:47:57 AM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

tell us comrade how many of your fellow countrymen died working in coal mines last year.... In 2003 it was over 6000

To: tsigprofit who wrote (44090)	1/4/2006 12:33:42 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 90947

China’s Death Rate for Mine Workers 100 Times that of U.S. By Wan Ping The Epoch Times Dec 10, 2004 Coal miners at the compound of a Daping coal mine await word on colleagues trapped in a fatal accident October 22. More than 100 miners were killed. (AFP/Getty Images) Frequent fatal mine accidents occurring in China this year have exposed serious safety issues. Official government statistics show that there were 6,702 deaths in mining accidents in 2003 in China. That is 80 percent of the total number of accidental deaths for this type of work in the entire world. english.epochtimes.com You were saying, Comrade? Work-related Accidents, Deaths Mount as Week Ends Last Thursday's fluorite mine flood in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has claimed the lives of all eight trapped miners. china.org.cn That's the CHINESE press, loudmouth. Death toll from China mine blast reaches 74 as relatives await news theallineed.com China Mine Accident Kills More Than 200 By Juliana Liu, Reuters February 15, 2005 Beijing - A gas explosion in a coal mine in China's northeastern rust-belt province of Liaoning killed at least 203 workers in the worst disaster in 15 years to hit the world's most dangerous mining industry. China last year produced 35 percent of the world's coal but reported 80 percent of global deaths in colliery accidents at a rate of three fatalities per million tonnes of coal. minesandcommunities.org Got any more BS, liar? I've got plenty more cites on Chinese mine accidents and deaths.