The province went through significant political instability since 2004 , due largely to the number of scandals that have hit the province on labour safety , the environment , and the interconnected nature between the provincial political establishment and big coal companies . Yu Youjun was sent by the central government in 2005 to become Governor but resigned in the wake of the Shanxi slave labour scandal in 2007 . He was succeeded by Meng Xuenong , who had been previously sacked as Mayor of Beijing in the aftermath of the SARS outbreak . Meng himself was removed from office in 2008 after only a few months on the job due to the political fallout from the 2008 Shanxi mudslide . In 2008 , provincial Political Consultative Conference Chair , one of the highest-ranked provincial officials , Jin Yinhuan , died in a car accident
2008 Shanxi mudslide
2008 Shanxi mudslide
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