Inside China's Deadliest Mine Disaster in Over a Decade: The Secret Tunnels, 'Yin-Yang' Drawings, and Systemic Failure Behind the Shanxi Coal Blast

A catastrophic gas explosion at the Liushenyu Coal Mine in Shanxi, China, has claimed 82 lives. A deep-dive investigation reveals a shocking web of unauthorized tunnels, falsified blueprints, and unregistered workers that led to the country’s worst mining tragedy in nearly two decades.