Author: Japhet Weeks
Japhet Weeks is a graduate student in Asian Studies and Journalism at UC Berkeley.
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Main Photo: Metropark Hotel
Guests of the Metropark Hotel Wanchai in Hong Kong lean out the window for a photo op, by Patrick Rasenberg.
May 4, 2009 10:22 PM
Ruined Beichuan Starts Anew
NPR’s Melissa Block was in Sichuan a year ago when the earthquake struck. She revisited the area recently and reported on how people in the area are coping one year on. From NPR: The plan is for the old, abandoned Beichuan to be turned into a memorial site and attraction. Tourists will be able to visit a quake mu
May 4, 2009 6:45 PM
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