A Decade Later, Wenchuan Parents Still Seek Answers
On May 12, 2008, a devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit Wenchuan, Sichuan and the surrounding...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | May 11, 2018
On May 12, 2008, a devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit Wenchuan, Sichuan and the surrounding...
Read MorePosted by Samuel Wade | Mar 11, 2011
China has offered to assist Japan in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake and resulting tsunami, according to The Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report: China’s government, often at odds with Tokyo, offered...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | May 11, 2010
Yingxiu, Wenchuan, two years after the earthquake, by wu fake
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | May 31, 2009
A worker in Wenchuan County, Sichuan, mixes cement in front of a billboard advertising new government-subsidized housing, by hunxue-er
Read MorePosted by Xiao Qiang | Jun 16, 2008
Wang Xianchang (王憲棠) writes an interesting essay (in Chinese) on the Hong Kong Ming Pao Daily, relating two major news events: Tibet unrest and the Wenchuan earthquake. Roland Soong translated the essay on his EastSouthWestNorth...
Read MorePosted by Xiao Qiang | May 20, 2008
Posted by Sophie Beach | May 19, 2008
Bai Chengyu, who writes a blog about micro-credit projects, posted the following photos on May 14 of the local Qiang people he met during a trip to Wenchuan, the epicenter of the recent earthquake, in June 2007. He writes,...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | May 12, 2008
Close to 9000 people are reported dead after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake centered in Wenchuan, Sichuan. Read here for the latest updates. Below are some images of the devastation. From AP news:...
Read MorePosted by Cindy Carter | Nov 30, 2023
Current affairs blogger Xiang Dongliang has had his Weibo account banned for reporting Hu Xijin, a nationalist blogger and retired editor-in-chief of the Global Times, for using a VPN to circumvent the Great Firewall of China...
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