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67 Killed, 100,000 Displaced by Yunnan Quakes
Two earthquakes in south-west China have killed at least 67 people (as of 1:02 a.m., local time) and forced more than 100,000 from their homes. Xinhua described the damage and initial relief efforts. Sixty-seven people have been confirmed dead and 731 others injured after multiple earthquakes struck a mountainous region in southwest China on Friday, authorities said. […] Two quakes measuring 5.7September 7, 2012 10:45 AM
People’s Daily Slams Local Government Spending
The People’s Daily, which building its own new headquarters in Beijing, published an editorial on Monday which crit
How Building Shanghai Up is Bringing It Down
At TIME’s Ecocentric blog, Kate Springer discusses the problem of subsidence which, according to a recent governmen
May 21, 2012 11:40 PM
Amid Poverty, Chinese Officials Splurge on Lavish Vanity Projects
At The Los Angeles Times, David Pierson and Jonathan Kaiman survey the mass of “face projects” built by China
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