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More than 100 Chinese rescue workers searched for survivors after an explosion at a coal mine in Xiaoyi, in northern China's Shanxi province
Monday, Feb. 23, 2009

Open quoteCoal mines often experience the most serious accidents because so many of them are operating illegally.Close quote

  • ZHAO TIECHUI,
  • senior official supervising China's coal mines, after a gas explosion in north China killed at least 74 people over the weekend. Beijing has admitted 80% of China's 16,000 coal mines are illegal
Photo: AFP/Getty Images | Source: New York Times