May 22nd, evening Beijing time
A super serious gas explosion occurred at a coal mine in a county in Shanxi Province with a thousand yuan per capita income.
One of the worst mining disasters in China in recent decades
Japanese Prime Minister Takagi
Taiwan's Republic of China President Tsai Ing-wen has issued a condolences message.
247 people went underground (into the mine)
At least 82 people did not come up.
And what he uncovered was a chain running from mine owners to county officials.
Then to the Provincial Party Committee
Then to the central Xi Jinping
Each level bears responsibility.
Everyone at every level wants to keep their official position.
The systemic black hole that jointly suppresses the truth through concerted effort
Just the death toll
The official first report stated 8 deaths.
Then 50 people
73 people
82 people
Reached up to 90 people
Later, it was revised back to 82 people.
The official media changed its report on the death toll six times within a short period of time.
But locals revealed they simply don't trust the official media reports.
The actual number of deaths is very likely to exceed two digits.
The two characters "mining disaster" have always been a hot search term in China's disaster-related field.
Why does it keep happening?
Today, let's carefully break it down and talk about it in detail.
This is closely related to the issue of governance by the Chinese Communist Party itself.
And this regime seeks to unify Taiwan.
On May 23, a massive rally of over 100,000 people erupted in Taiwan.
It is once again a strong voice of refusal against the Chinese Communist Party.
And the U.S. President Trump, who had just returned from his visit to China
On the 23rd, I was inside the White House.
Outside, gunshots rang out once again.
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7:29 PM on May 22, 2026
Qingyuan County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province
The underground coal mine of the local Tongzhou Group's Liushen Domain Mine
A gas explosion occurred.
There were 247 miners working underground at the time.
After the explosion
Carbon monoxide sensor exceeds limit alarm
Mine Workshop initiates emergency protocol
Rescue personnel arrived at the scene.
But there are stalls and standing water in the alley.
Rescue personnel must wear waterproof suits to conduct deep search and rescue operations.
Very difficult
The reporting by Chinese official media has not focused on accountability.
but rather after the accident occurred
How many people did they send to rescue?
I can't recall how many times the Chinese Communist Party has operated like this
This time I just glanced at it briefly without any promotion.
How many rescue personnel rushed there?
755 people rushed to the scene
While diverting attention from responsibility,
It also indirectly reflects how severe this accident was.
Press conference held as of the evening of May 23
Officially confirmed 82 deaths
Two people missing, 128 injured
Rescue operations are still ongoing.
But locals revealed
The actual number of deaths may be even higher than this.
Sky News reported that
This is the past few decades
One of the worst mining disasters in Chinese history
This comment is not exaggerated.
The involved company, Tongzhou Group, was once among China's Top 500 private enterprises.
Top 100 Private Enterprises in Shanxi Province
Total assets are approximately 10 billion.
Group Founder Ren Tiezhu
A representative of the 9th and 10th sessions of the People's Congress of Shanxi Province
a well-known private entrepreneur from Shanxi Province
That's exactly the kind of place.
The provincial flagship company's adherence to regulations led to this great disaster.
The most noteworthy aspect of this mining disaster
a consecutive surge in the number of deaths
The morning after the accident occurred
Xinhua News Agency's first report
247 people arrested by the police
201 people safely promoted to police officers
Eight people died
Thirty-eight people are involved in the search and rescue operation.
What happened in the following several hours
Leave everyone speechless
Including the first report
The Communist Party of China has reported the total number of deaths in this incident as
It was revised six times in total.
First death: 8 people
The second time, more than 50 people
The third 73 people
The fourth time, 82 people
Fifth time, 90 people
The sixth time it reverted back to 82 people.
But the number of police officers on duty remains unchanged.
The total number of continuous reports is 247.
But during this period, the first report was made.
And another set of magical numbers
A total of 201 people safely ascended to the rank of police officer.
However, the subsequent five reports
No one has brought up this magical number again.
It's very much a psychological trap set by forgers.
Since the death toll might have already been inflated
Stop reporting any more numbers.
To avoid exposing any flaws
There are two possible explanations for the change in the above death toll figures.
First
The actual number of people joining the police force is far more than 247.
Moreover, there are a large number of unreported undocumented workers above.
Second
Early reports deliberately underreported the death toll.
How each party ultimately presented the figures in the panic
Disagreements arose again.
Causing endless revisions
The media went into complete chaos.
The impact of this accident is significant.
First, the top leadership of the Communist Party of China directly intervened.
Xi merely said to properly treat the injured and handle aftermath matters well.
The cause must also be investigated, and legal responsibility must be pursued accordingly.
Investigate the cause and hold responsible parties accountable according to law.
After every accident, they cry out the same old thing.
But each time, it was never fulfilled.
Premier Li Qiang of the State Council of China also made instructions.
Xi and Li Qiang both spoke out simultaneously.
The very nature of this specification indicates the political sensitivity of the situation.
What else did the State Council accident investigation team say?
Conduct accident investigations with rigor and determination
Key points to thoroughly investigate regarding plague management
Industry regulation and corporate principal responsibility
That mine disaster this time
Taiwan's President Lai Qingde and Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae
They also相继 publicly posted messages to offer condolences.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan posted a message in three languages.
Mourning the victims of the Shanxi mine disaster
Lai Ching-te also stated his concern regarding the major mine disaster that occurred in Shanxi, China.
Feel deeply saddened by the significant casualties caused
Express our deepest condolences to the victims who不幸ly passed away.
Express our sincere condolences to the injured and their families.
Facing a major disaster
Taiwan is willing to provide humanitarian assistance when necessary.
At the same time, we sincerely hope the trapped individuals will be rescued as soon as possible.
And pray for the peace of the departed.
Lai Ching-te's father, Lai Chao-jin, was indeed a coal miner.
January 8, 1960
While working at a coal mine in Taipei
due to methane leakage from nearby abandoned mines
He died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Only 33 years old
Lai Qingde was still very young at the time.
After my father's passing
The mother is a single parent raising the child.
Several children, including Hsiao, have grown up.
Lai Qingde's recent remarks
He is not only a political statement
It also involves personal memories filled with blood and tears.
Leaders of the Taiwan and Japan sides
Publicly express condolences for a mining accident that occurred within China.
This is rare in diplomatic practice.
And both of these sides are precisely what the Chinese Communist Party has consistently protested against.
Their慰问 will not be comfortable for the Chinese Communist Party.
It's also ironic.
After the accident occurred
A netizen has compiled and edited footage of coal miners at work.
There is no sunlight under the scenery.
In the frame, their faces were covered in coal dust.
Dark and deep, plunging into the narrow mine tunnel
It is descending hundreds of meters underground day after day.
Very hard work
Then why this kind of mine disaster caused by gas explosion?
Happening repeatedly in China
From a technical standpoint, there are several reasons for this.
First, gas management has been chronically lagging behind
Shanxi belongs to one of the world's high-gas regions.
The mature practice is to harvest after first extracting.
Pre-extraction of gas before mining
Reduce the concentration below the safety threshold
But this requires time and funding.
Some mining operations have intensified production.
Compression and extraction cycle
Pick while抽ing
Risk has increased significantly.
Second, the ventilation system fails
The triggering conditions for a gas explosion are
Explosive range with concentration from 5% to 15%
Add sparks
Adequate ventilation can dilute gas.
But in this incident, Liu Shenyu
The emergency stop protection device was previously fined in December 2025.
Explanation of the long-term neglect of the security system
Third: New Challenges in Ultra-Deep Mining
China's shallow high-quality coal mines have already been extensively mined out.
The mining situation is becoming increasingly severe.
Facing a three-high environment of high pressure, high temperature, and high gas concentration
Regulatory standards are updated滞后 behind actual mining depths.
Fourth, intelligent transformation is merely superficial.
The official government is vigorously promoting intelligent mining.
But the cost is high.
Small mines often just hang up a sign to go through the motions.
This time, 247 people were working underground simultaneously.
This in itself indicates an extremely low level of automation.
To understand the political logic behind this accountability issue
First, one must understand China's accident classification system.
In accordance with the Regulations on the Reporting and Investigation of Production Safety Accidents
Three or fewer deaths constitute a general accident.
The local level is where grassroots handling takes place.
3 to 10 people injured is considered a major accident, requiring municipal-level intervention.
10 to 30 people is a major accident, investigated at the provincial level.
An accident involving 30 or more people is considered a particularly major incident.
The State Council investigation team has become involved.
Provincial-level officials may be held accountable.
Ninety deaths are undoubtedly a particularly major incident.
In reality, operate
Local officials have always tried every possible means to keep the death toll below the threshold.
This time, eight people were reported at the beginning.
There is obviously such an intention, but it can't be contained anymore.
The first wave of accountability is already on its way.
Actual controller of Tongzhou Group
The person in charge has already been legally subjected to control measures.
The corporate elite are inevitably the first victims.
County-level officials can hardly escape it.
Qinyuan County Emergency Management Bureau within one year of 2025
The company has been administratively penalized twice regarding the Liu Shen Yu Coal Mine.
The total fine from the two instances amounts to 50,000 yuan.
And the annual capacity of this mine reaches 1.2 million tons.
What concept does a NT$50,000 fine represent for a coal mine with an annual output of one million tons?
The regulatory authority collected this amount of money.
The coal mine is operating as usual.
It's equivalent to selling the mine owner a permit to continue production.
This amount of money is too small for them.
This is called punishment instead of management.
The media have already made it clear.
One of the systemic issues in this incident is this.
The Secretary of the Qinyuan County Committee, the County Governor
The county emergency management bureau director is almost certainly facing a death sentence if he doesn't kill someone.
The Energy Bureau of Changzhi City is likewise to blame.
January 2026
Registration data issued by the Energy Bureau of Changzhi City
The Flow Divine Jade has been classified as a high-gas mine type.
And China's Mine Safety Supervision Bureau had already, as early as April 2024
It has already been included in the national list of coal mines with severe disaster risks.
All four mines of Tongzhou Group in Qinyuan County are listed.
All types are high-gas.
I've always known it was high-risk.
Yet continued production as usual
The municipal energy authorities can't escape responsibility.
The pressure faced by Secretary Tang Dengjie of the Provincial Party Committee
It's a problem on another level.
Tang Dengjie is a typical technocrat.
Starting from Shanghai Volkswagen Automobile
Previous automotive groups in Shanghai
Leadership of Shanghai Electric Group
Served as Vice Mayor of Shanghai in 2003
Going National in 2011
General Manager of China North Industries Group Corporation
Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
Governor of Fujian Province
Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission
and the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and so on
Then in 2023, he assumed the position of Secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China.
He was promoted to an official member of the Central Committee at the 20th National Congress.
a technocrat trusted under the Xi system
But precisely because there is no clear faction protection
Once the central authority demands accountability
History before history
2021 Zhengzhou 720 Flood
Luoyangsheng, Secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China
Mr. Zheng is clearly discouraged.
In the end, they were reassigned to a less important position.
Tang Dengjie's official hat is still on for now.
But the subsequent career advancement path
Perhaps there's considerable pressure.
China's coal mine safety policy model
It has been the same cycle for decades.
Accountability for incidents
Campaign-style rectification
Forgetfulness
And then something else happened
2004
Zhengzhou Daping Coal Mine explosion
148 dead
2005
Xin Sunjiawan Coal Mine, Liaoning Prefecture
214 dead
Every time a comment is made
Every time the border is closed
Every time production is halted for整顿
Then restart
The next mine disaster continues to await
The purpose of accountability has never truly been to solve the problem.
Rather, it is a political statement.
Show to the public
The central government cares about
Then everything went back to normal.
The problem of punishment instead of management
It's not just the county official who's being lazy.
but the entire regulatory chain
They are conspiring.
Fines collected are deposited into the local government's fiscal revenue.
A fine of 50,000 yuan
The mine with a 1.2 million tons per year capacity is effectively non-operational.
This logic applies from county to province.
The deeper issue is
The contradiction within the central policy itself
After the 2021 energy crisis
Xi explicitly demanded ensuring supply and stabilizing prices.
Coal production increase
The National Development and Reform Commission has successively introduced policies.
Require coal mine expansion
This signal is transmitted from Beijing to the province.
From province to county
Who will be able to mine more coal?
Whoever is a good official
Safety investment is a cost.
Mass production is a political achievement.
In the rational calculations of officials
It's absolutely not equivalent.
This contradiction is something no one dares to speak about openly.
But everyone in the industry is well aware of it.
The high-risk list is nothing but a piece of paper.
National Mine Safety Administration
List of coal mines with severe disaster incidents
Liu Shenyu was already there as early as April 2024.
All four mines under Tongzhou Group are listed above.
After being listed as a nominal participant
No forced停产
No deadline for upgrade and rectification
No third-party verification
Policy in Beijing
Benefits are everywhere.
China does not have independent trade unions.
The official national trade union on coal mine safety
Almost never speaks up for workers
Even if miners discover safety hazards
Reporting channels are not smooth
Retaliation is often encountered.
Rational choice can only be silence.
The safety signal at the front line was thus severed.
At least 82 lives were not lost to natural disaster
It's a man-made disaster.
It's a journey from mine owner to county official to municipal level
Then to the Provincial Party Committee
Each level clearly understands the risks.
Each layer chooses to ignore it.
Each layer is waiting before the explosion of the death numbers
Systemic dereliction of duty for extracting one extra ton of coal
The accountability session is coming.
Jilin's Wushamao might fall.
How can the next mine disaster be prevented?
Are you going to just get rid of a few scapegoats and call it a day?
I sincerely hope that such accidents can truly be effectively regulated.
But in the People's Republic of China, it is nothing short of a fairy tale.
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Alright, then let me quickly mention the other two things.
One is Taiwan's May 23 rally.
May 23, Taipei's scorching heat reached 37 degrees
Yet over 8,000 people marched all the way along Zhongxiao East Road to Xinyi.
They shouted slogans like "Support the military procurement, save national defense."
Why are Taiwanese people taking to the streets today?
because the Legislative Yuan has just passed Taiwan's most important defense budget
Cut off nearly half
A document proposed by the Lai Qingde administration at the end of last year
The 8-year, 1.25 trillion yuan national defense special ordinance
This money was originally intended to buy weapons.
The vote results were announced in early May.
The Kuomintang and the People's Party join forces
The version that passed 780 billion
Cut down 4.7 trillion directly
What is being cut off?
Domestic production supply chain of drones' Feihong model
And commercially available weapon systems
and a防空 system called Qianggong missile
Qianggong is a domestically produced Taiwanese brand.
It can intercept ballistic missiles at an altitude of 70 kilometers.
It is the frontline interception weapon of Taiwan's Taiwan Shield Air Defense Program.
The Blue and White Alliance, led by Fu Kun-chi and Cheng Li-wen, directly blocked it.
Be more specific.
It is Taiwan's own indigenous development.
Weapons used to counter Chinese missiles
Cut by the vote of Taiwan's own legislators
Today's march is called "Real Peace, National Defense"
Initiated by 64 civil society organizations
Departing from Sogo Xinyi Branch
Walk to Xinyi District
There are street performances and lectures现场有行動劇 有演講
The appeal consists of two points.
I. The government should revive the defense special budget
Second, the items that were cut must be restored.
There's a reason the organizers chose today, May 23rd.
This day is 1951.
The 75th anniversary of the signing of the 17-Article Agreement between the Chinese Communist Party and Tibet
What did that paper agreement bring about?
The vice president of the Taiwan Professor Association said现场 on the spot
1.2 million unnatural deaths over 30 years
Armed conflict, prisons, capital punishment, famine, and so on.
Is this what the Chinese Communist Party calls peace?
Just force the defiant ones into a kill zone.
Is it peace?
Friday, May 25, this week, the Legislative Yuan
Examine the special budget bill for military procurement
This march took place just two days before the deliberation.
The intention behind political pressure is very clear.
This march reflected
Several deep-seated contradictions in Taiwan today
The issue of confrontation between the court and the countryside
DPP legislators belong to a relatively small minority.
Blue and White can join forces in the Legislative Yuan to block any budget.
There is also the issue of defense self-reliance.
Domestic weapons such as assault missiles are being cut.
Behind it is whether we should rely on ourselves to protect ourselves.
This fundamental issue
As the saying goes, every household has its own difficult scripture to recite.
President Trump of the United States has just concluded the Trump-Xi meeting.
Busy dealing with the issue concerning Iran
As a result, someone with a history of mental illness
Arrested twice by the Secret Service
There are threats against Trump's posts on social media.
A 21-year-old man from Maryland
He opened fire with a firearm near the White House today.
The Secret Service returned fire on the spot.
The suspect died after being taken to hospital.
A innocent bystander was shot.
The situation is currently critical.
Trump was unaffected within the White House detention facility.
The suspect was already on the Secret Service's alert list.
Shortly before 6:00 PM Eastern Time on the 23rd
He walked into Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House.
A checkpoint in the northwestern direction
Pull a gun out of the handbag
Open fire directly on the guard.
The Secret Service immediately returned fire.
A total of approximately 15 to 30 bullets were fired at the scene.
There are quite a few American media personalities
Several White House reporters from CNN, CBS, and other outlets
I directly photographed the scene as it happened on the spot.
the reporters on the White House North Lawn
It was once urgently taken into the White House Situation Room for safety.
This suspect had already been under investigation since June 2025.
At the entrance driveway of the White House
has been arrested by the Secret Service
At that time, he was forcibly taken away.
The Washington Institute of Psychiatry
Undergo a psychiatric evaluation
In the same year, July
He tried again to enter the driveway of the White House complex.
The Secret Service arrested him again.
In other words
This person's name
Has been on the Secret Service's alert list for a long time
He has two records of arrest.
A forced hospitalization
And publicly threatening statements
The biggest problem is
He could still be holding a firearm.
Arrive at the entrance of the White House
Gun control in Washington, D.C.
One of the strictest in the entire country
The issue behind this cannot be taken lightly.
Of course, the more discussion focuses on
Hate speech targeting the U.S. president currently
Still in some media
And on community media, it's continuously being copied.
This may be causing danger over and over again.
The more fundamental reason
This requires joint attention from both major political parties in the United States.
Only then could there be a slight alleviation.
Well then, that's the end of today's program.
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