ABOUT DETAILS ON THE MUDSLIDE

You can see more details on the mudslide here, but it's pretty clear that it was caused by sloppy enforcement of mining safety rules, hence the governor's resignation. Optimists might say that this is a sign that the Communist Party is making top officials directly responsible for such disasters. They might point out that Meng's replacement is none other that the recently appointed head of China's deferal work safety supervisory body,showing how seriously Beijing is taking the incident.