Minitrue 2017: August—Natural Disasters
This series is a month-by-month recap of censorship instructions issued to the media by government...
Dec 25, 2017
This series is a month-by-month recap of censorship instructions issued to the media by government...
Feb 8, 2016
At least 38 people were killed and hundreds more injured Saturday morning when a 6.4...
Aug 5, 2014
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Aug 4, 2014
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Sep 1, 2013
The AP reports that a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit a mountainous area of Southwest China killing...
Apr 26, 2013
Xinhua reports that the disastrous impact of the earthquake that struck Ya’an prefecture, Sichuan province on April 20 will likely have little lasting effect on China’s economy: “From what we have learnt from...
Apr 25, 2013
According to the latest official count, the earthquake that hit Sichuan province last weekend has so far been the cause of 196 deaths, 12,211 injuries, and 76,000 damaged houses. As the dust has been settling, stories of tragedy...
Sep 7, 2012
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...
Mar 11, 2011
At The Atlantic, Max Fisher suggests that the Sendai earthquake may allow China to nudge the regional balance of power in its favour: If Japanese civilians need to be evacuated quickly, or if many more emergency workers need to...
Mar 11, 2011
The Financial Times reports on the relief effort in quake-stricken Yunnan where, as in Sichuan three years ago, damage appears to have been magnified by substandard construction. China began cleaning up on Friday after a...
Aug 12, 2010
Recent regulations require the Red Cross, China Charity Federation and 13 other national funds to direct their Yushu earthquake donation funds to the Qinghai provincial government. From Caixin: While fund raising is part of the...
Mar 7, 2009
For the first time, China’s Red Cross has distributed money to non-governmental organizations to help with the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake relief efforts. From Reuters’ Lucy Hornby: Individuals, corporations and overseas...
Feb 21, 2009
A village chief was beaten after five villagers stated that they did not receive earthquake relief subsidies. From the Associated Press: Farmers in earthquake-devastated southwest China beat a village chief and clashed with...
Jan 30, 2009
Movie star Jet Li has launched a new philanthropic organization and is working to get more Chinese citizens involved, after signing on celebrities from Bill Clinton to Donatella Versace. From the Washington Post: Bill Clinton,...
Jun 10, 2008
Xinhua reports on the removal of fifteen Chinese officials for their poor responses to earthquake relief efforts: Fifteen government officials from quake-hit Sichuan Province have been removed from their posts for malpractice...