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Ashortage of coal and coalmines has accelerated theresource crisis in China,compounded by the heavysnow in the southern regions that hit justbefore the Chinese traditional SpringFestival period. The uncertainty of coalsupplies from China, Australia andSouth Africa has resulted in a sharpprice increase in the Asian coal mar-ket. How to solve the coal problem notonly during this time of crisis but alsoin the long-term has raised the level ofconcern in this newly affected nation.Some new and alternative resources havebeen considered as substitutes, such ascoaibed methane. Chinas Foreign Tradeinterviewed the Vice-President and Se-nior Engineer of China United CoalbedMethane Co., Ltd., Mr. Lin Jianhao, todiscuss this topic in detail.