Another mining incident in China

China should probably invest a little more into the safety of its mining operations. Earlier, 46 people were killed in an explosion at a coal mine in Shanxi province and at least 50 more were trapped. And this, of course, is nothing new. According to China's Xinhua news agency, there were nearly 2,000 coal mining accidents in October alone and more than 3,000 people were left dead. In 2003, there were 6,300 reported deaths. Granted, China has more than a billion people and there are countless mining operations and something like a new coal power plant being constructed every week, but surely the government sees the need to at least try to cut back on the number of accidents. If nothing else, surely this gets to be a little embarrassing.