{"id":38349,"date":"2009-05-04T18:45:56","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T01:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=38349"},"modified":"2009-05-05T07:40:40","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T14:40:40","slug":"ruined-beichuan-starts-anew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/05\/ruined-beichuan-starts-anew\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruined Beichuan Starts Anew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NPR&#8217;s Melissa Block was in Sichuan a year ago when the earthquake struck. She revisited the area recently and reported on how people in the area are coping one year on. From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=103720889\">NPR<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The plan is for the old, abandoned Beichuan to be turned into a memorial site and attraction. Tourists will be able to visit a quake museum and walk through the city wreckage.<\/p>\n<p>Old Beichuan is surrounded on all sides by high mountains \u2014 beautiful, but lethal in the end.<\/p>\n<p>The new Beichuan will be built on an absolutely flat river plain, 15 miles south. Right now the new site is just a broad, open field stretching away toward the distant mountains.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>NPR also has a multimedia presentation, China Earthquake: A Year Of Recovery, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/news\/specials\/2009\/chinaearthquake\/index.html\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>An Amnesty International report released this week says that the Chinese government intimidated parents in Sichuan in the aftermath of the quake, reports <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2009\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/05\/04\/china.earthquake.schools\/\">CNN<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The 52-page report, released Sunday and titled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/for-media\/press-releases\/china-end-harassment-sichuan-earthquake-survivors-and-activists-20090504\">Justice Denied: Harassment of Sichuan Earthquake Survivors and Activists<\/a>,&#8221; documented instances where parents and relatives said they had been detained for up to 21 days for trying to get answers from officials about their children&#8217;s deaths.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NPR&#8217;s Melissa Block was in Sichuan a year ago when the earthquake struck. 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