Tian Yongsheng from Shanxi province is desperate to find a way to relieve the chest pain which has haunted him for years.[…] He is well aware what will happen if he is not treated. Many of his neighbours inDai county - all coal miners - have died of the disease after suffering great pain. 'In the five villages [inDai county] that I knew, all men from 18 to 50 suffer pneumoconiosis,' said Mr Tian. 'Among 100 coal miners, 100 have pneumoconiosis.
2015, S. A. Smith, “Redemptive Religious Societies and the Communist State, 1949 to the 1980s”, in Jeremy Brown, Matthew D. Johnson, editors,Maoism at the Grassroots: Everyday Life in China's Era of High Socialism[3],Harvard University Press,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,page350:
One of the most remarkable features of the redemptive societies was their continuing ability to draw members of the CCP and the Youth League into their ranks. In 1950 in Shanxi, 18 percent of the 3,000 Communists inDai County were members of the Yiguandao, which had affiliates in 74 percent of rural Party branches.
2018 August 2, Christina Zhao, “Great Wall of China Collapse: Poor Renovation Works And Heavy Rainfall Blamed”, inNewsweek[4],→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on02 August 2018[5]:
A northern section of the Great Wall of China collapsed after a period of heavy rain last month, with many blaming poor-quality renovations for the deterioration of the iconic landmark. The damaged section of the historical wall is located near Yanmen Pass, inDai County, in the Shanxi province.
According to the 2010 United States Census,Dai is the 7,091st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4,723 individuals.Dai is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (93.82%) individuals.
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