Mining in China
See also: Coal power in ChinaChina has the world's deadliest mining industry, with the deaths of 3,200 people reported in 2008. This represents a 15% decline from the previous year. Government figures show that nearly 80% of China's 16,000 mines are small-scale, illegal operations.
Read more about this topic: 2009 Shanxi Mine Blast
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“Any relation to the land, the habit of tilling it, or mining it, or even hunting on it, generates the feeling of patriotism. He who keeps shop on it, or he who merely uses it as a support to his desk and ledger, or to his manufactory, values it less.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Anyone who tries to keep track of what is happening in China is going to end up by wearing all the skin of his left ear from twirling around on it.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)