Aaah, no buddy, the comrades have been telling a few porkies, but there's nothing unusual about that. The USSR, North Korea, all those commies are or were specialists at it.
Here's a cut and paste: ------------ The People's Republic of China is by far the largest producer of coal in the world, producing over 2.8 billion tons of coal in 2007, or approximately 39.8 percent of all coal produced in the world during that year.[11] For comparison, the second largest producer, the United States, produced more than 1.1 billion tons in 2007. An estimated 5 million people work in China's coal-mining industry. As many as 20,000 miners die in accidents each year.
-------------
Apology please.
You guys are gullible all right, you'll believe anything, even that China is secretly hoarding gold. lol
