The Kader fire mirrors yet
worse conditions within the borders
of China. Since 1991 only a few fires
and accidents have been publicly reported
in China. Some of these have
been summarized in the adjoining
box an conditions among joint ventures
in China. 376 workers died in
these fires and 501 more were inj
ured. Yet this is but a small Proportion
of the national death toll.
Beijing reported, through the China
Daily, that about 15,000 people died