Benxihu

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Photograph of Benxihu
Details
Population	9.14M
State GDP	$5.60B
GDP/C	$613
Culture	Dongbei

In-Game Description

Benxihu is famed for the world's smallest natural lake, the Benxi Lake. What this city conceals, however, is the world's most horrific mining tragedy in history - wrought by the Benxihu Colliery. As Japan expanded its power in Manchuria, it gradually seized full control of the colliery that was originally a cooperative project between Japan and China for mining iron and coal. On April 26, 1942, a gas and coal dust explosion erupted. The Japanese authorities sealed off the mine shafts and cut off the air supply, condemning over 1,500 miners to a slow and agonizing death: They only cared about rescuing one life - a privileged Japanese supervisor. But the story went untold. For years, it was hidden from the world, and perhaps would remain so forever. All in the name of prosperity, the suffering of those miners, trapped in the depths of the earth, their voices silenced by the weight of history, became a forgotten chapter in the larger narrative of development and progress.