The majority of electricity in China, India and several other Asian countries comes from burning coal.

中国、印度以及亚洲其他数国的大部分电力都靠燃煤来提供。

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"Traditional environmental risks are those that face largely the poor in China, risks like drinking water contaminated with infectious organisms or highly polluted indoor air from people burning wood or other dirty fuels inside homes without chimneys."

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The plant in northeast China's Jilin province was still burning as of noon local time, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing local sources.

WSJ: Poultry-Plant Fire in China Kills at Least 112 People

Parents are being reminded to take more responsibility for their children's safety after five boys, aged 4 to 5 years, suffocated while burning straw in a barn in Guizhou province on Monday night, China Daily says.

BBC: China media: Hacking denial

Even through self-immolations took place in medieval China and 20th-century Vietnam, even though the Lotus Sutra praises "burning for Buddha" as the supreme self-sacrifice, Buddhists are very reluctant to condone violence.

CNN: The politics of Tibetan self-immolations