In a separate incident, a Chinese reporter, Lan Chengzhang, working for China Trade News, was reportedly attacked and beaten by unknown assailants while conducting interviews January 9 at a coal mine in Shanxi. He died from his wounds the next day.
Shanxi is a center of the countrys coal mining industry.
Last year 4,746 minersan average of 13 a daywere killed on the job across the country. This represents a 20 percent decline in the toll among Chinas coal mines compared to 2005.
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