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Disaster Shows Faith in China’s Red Cross Badly Shaken [Updated]

Saturday’s 6.6Mw earthquake in Sichuan has killed 193 and injured over 12,000, but has also laid bare the extent of damage to the reputation of the Red Cross Society of China. At The New York Times, Edward Wong examined the effects of cases such as the infamous Guo Meimei scandal, which compounded distrust of what China Daily described as the Red Cross’ “long-established shady operation and lack of internal transparency.” Many Chinese traveled to