Chinese Earthquake Park Turns Pain Into Profit

USA Today:

DONGHEKOU, China -- He Xiangtong places a chrysanthemum near his wife's name etched on a memorial atop the landslide that buried her in last year's devastating earthquake.

Then business calls: He returns to selling flowers to the next carload of tourists arriving at Donghekou Quake Relic Park.

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Comments

[sheilaofmiami]

We do this stuff all the time, how is this bad in China?

[Birdwatcher]

I''m disappointed by HuPo headline writers. This one is so misleading, leading us to think how bad the Chinese are for trying to profit from their earthquake last year.

From 1966 to 1985 there was a "San Francisco Earthquake" ride at Cedar Point amusement park, in Sandusky, Ohio.

http://www.thepointol.com/cponle/lostrides/

People who live in glass houses.....

[splott]

http://www.dark-tourism.org.uk/

[medicontheedge]

sounds like us. gotta love opportunist capitalism.

[Hnorc]

Incredible.