Beijing (AFP) April 7, 2013
A landslide that crashed down a Tibetan mountain, entombing scores of mine workers, serves as a parable on China's resources boom and its failure to benefit ethnic minorities, analysts say. The 83 workers killed in the disaster were almost all members of China's Han ethnic majority and from across the country, illustrating how minorities rarely see any of the fruits of underground wealth - Reported by Terra Daily 2 hours ago.
A landslide that crashed down a Tibetan mountain, entombing scores of mine workers, serves as a parable on China's resources boom and its failure to benefit ethnic minorities, analysts say. The 83 workers killed in the disaster were almost all members of China's Han ethnic majority and from across the country, illustrating how minorities rarely see any of the fruits of underground wealth - Reported by Terra Daily 2 hours ago.