“China responds to disaster with compassion; Burma remains criminally negligent,” from the Times: Two terrible natural disasters have affected two neighbouring countries within eight days. In Burma, the cyclone that...
Read More[This post will be updated throughout the day] Update: Coal mines, chemical plants and oil and gas wells have been ordered shut after the earthquake, according to Bloomberg: Companies in affected areas must evacuate workers and...
Read MoreHere are a few thoughts on the recent Wenchuan earthquake from the blogs of various foreign correspondents. Bill Powell at Time magazine’s China blog wonders if the earthquake caused any damage to the Three Gorges Dam...
Read More[This post will be updated throughout the day] UPDATE (May 13): The latest from AP: Bodies covered with sheets lined the streets Tuesday as rescue workers dug through schools and homes turned into rubble by China’s worst...
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Huang Wenchuan, a sophomore engineering major at Shenzhen University in South China’s Guangdong Province, couldn’t wait to enlist in the army in an autumn nationwide recruitment campaign. Huang was among an increasing number of applicants from universities nationwide to join the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) this autumn. And the army has […]
Read MoreFrom The China Daily: The death toll has risen to 42 in a gas explosion at a road construction site in Dujiangyan City, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Eleven workers were killed, some 20 others missing Thursday in a gas explosion at a road construction site in Dujiangyan City, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The accident occured […]
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