Changing China
Giant on the move
Chinese coal to Copenhagen
Chinese coal mines are never far from domestic headlines and are increasingly gaining international attention as Copenhagen’s climate change talks approach.
The talks will focus on setting emissions cuts to fight global warming and China, the world’s largest polluter, is heavily reliant on fossil fuel.
It also has the most dangerous mining industry in the world, in the first half of this year 1,175 people died in officially recorded mine accidents across China.
Most recently, 104 people have been killed in a gas explosion in a mine northern Heilongjiang province on Saturday 21 November.
