Distraught relatives protested and demanded answers on Sunday, two days after a collapsed dike in eastern China flooded two coal mines, leaving 181 workers missing and feared dead. State media said the breach in the dike had been closed, but gave no indication if there were any signs of life.
Communist authorities have banned most state media from reporting on the deadly collapse of a bridge in southern China, with local officials punching and chasing reporters from the scene, reporters said on Friday. The harassment and the reporting ban, issued by the Central Propaganda Department, came on Thursday.