The edition of Coal: A Human History published in China was censored without the author's consent. It excluded the entire chapter about the dramatic role coal has played in China, historically and today. A pdf of that missing chapter, translated into simplified Mandarin, is available by clicking below:
本书第八章讲述有关中国煤矿的内容,未经作者同意,在检体中文版本中被删除.缺失部分载列於此.