Anonymousabout 1 hour ago
A gas explosion at the privately operated Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi province on May 22, 2026, killed at least 82 miners and hospitalized over 120 more, making it China's deadliest mining disaster in 17 years. The mine had been flagged by national regulators in 2024 for high gas content, and investigators found that mine blueprints did not match actual underground conditions — raising questions about the gap between China's improving safety statistics and persistent structural risks in an industry under pressure to produce record output.