Pig Survives For 36 Days Buried In Earthquake Rubble
BEIJING (AFP) - A pig that survived for 36 days buried beneath rubble in quake-hit southwest China on a diet of charcoal has been hailed as a symbol o...
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Baby Named "Love" Born To Chinese Earthquake Victim
AP | DAVID WIVELL | Posted 06.18.2008 | Living
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URUMQI, China — A little over a month ago, Zhang Xiaoyan lay in the rubble of her earthquake-shattered apartment building. Trapped for more than...
After the Sichuan Quake, Rebuilding Turns Green
Treehugger.com | Alex Pasternack | Posted 06.15.2008 | Green
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When the massive earthquake hit in Sichuan province last month, environmental NGOs across China shifted gears. "We wanted to do anything we could to...
Quake Aftermath: 90 Percent Of China's Endangered Pandas In Jeopardy
Times Online | Jane Macartney | Posted 06.13.2008 | Green
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The lives of 90 per cent of China's endangered pandas are now in jeopardy after last month's massive earthquake devastated the remote mountain corner ...
We're All One
Brent Kessel | Posted 06.13.2008 | Living
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Have you gotten your IRS "economic stimulus payment" yet? Use your rebate to help others, if you can afford to spend it at all, and I predict you'll get much longer-lasting good vibes from it.
China Blocks Earthquake Protests
AP | AUDRA ANG | Posted 06.12.2008 | Home
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BEICHUAN COUNTY, China — Hundreds of grieving parents blocked the road into a flattened town Thursday as police sought to quell a rising wave of...
Dalai Lama Distances Himself From "Good Friend" Sharon Stone
AFP via Yahoo | Posted 06.12.2008 | Entertainment
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The Dalai Lama distanced himself Thursday from Hollywood star Sharon Stone's controversial comment that China's earthquake was bad "karma" for its han...
Sichuan Quake Aftermath: China Drains Lake Into Ruined Town
New York Times | Edward Wong and Alan Cowell | Posted 06.10.2008 | Green
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BEIJING -- A torrent coursed through a ruined and abandoned Chinese town Tuesday after soldiers blasted away debris holding back millions of gallons o...
Another Aftershock Rocks China, Threatens Deadly "Quake-Lake"
AP | CARA ANNA and TINI TRAN | Posted 06.05.2008 | Home
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BEICHUAN, China — Shoddy construction and poor planning contributed to the toll from China's devastating earthquake, engineers studying the disa...
New Orleans and China -- Not So Different
Harry Shearer | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics
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In each, nature had a part, but man-made engineering failures created catastrophic results. And in each, the response has been the same.
Chinese Police Drag Grieving Parents From Protest
AP | CARA ANNA | Posted 06.03.2008 | Home
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DUJIANGYAN, China — Angry parents whose children were killed in an earthquake-stricken school shouted "Oh, my child!" and "Tell us something!" w...
A Double Tragedy for China
Yang Jianli | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics
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Since the earthquake struck, I have had one question foremost in my mind: How can we help the Chinese government do the right thing, and sure the Chinese people are not doubly victimized?
In A World That Glorifies Fictional Superheroes, Will A True Act Of Heroism Be Forgotten?
Christal Smith | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media
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It's in a media climate where fictional superheros get as much press as the recent earthquake in China that I hold out the hope that the truly heroic Mr. X will still get his star turn in the spotlight.
Is God A Cosmic Monster?
John W. Whitehead | Posted 06.02.2008 | Living
"I am more afraid that we are really rats in a trap. Or, worse still, rats in a laboratory. Someone said, I believe, 'God always geometrizes.' Supposi...
Chinese authorities prepare to drain swelling lake
AP | WILLIAM FOREMAN | Posted 05.31.2008 | Home
MIANYANG, China — Chinese authorities prepared on Saturday to drain a swelling lake formed by a devastating earthquake, completing work on a dra...
Wolong Panda Reserve Destroyed By China Earthquake
Treehugger.com | Alex Pasternack | Posted 05.30.2008 | Green
China's massive earthquake this month killed as many as 80,000 people, leveled over 400,000 homes, and threatened dams and lakes, bringing out an un...
Sharon Stone Apologizes For China Quake "Karma" Comment
AP | HENRY SANDERSON | Posted 05.29.2008 | Entertainment
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BEIJING — French fashion house Christian Dior said Thursday it has dropped Sharon Stone from its Chinese ads and released a statement from the a...
New Aftershocks In China Destroy Over 400,000 More Homes
Reuters | Tyra Dempster | Posted 05.27.2008 | Home
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New aftershocks toppled 420,000 houses and injured dozens in southwest China on Tuesday, heaping destruction and fear on a region struggling to recove...
Sharon Stone On Chinese Earthquake: "I Thought, Is That Karma?"
Huffington Post | Posted 05.27.2008 | Entertainment
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Last week in Cannes at the annual amFAR fundraiser for which she annually plays auctioneer, Sharon Stone chatted her way down the red carpet. Stopping...
Earthquake Prompts Chinese Officials To Clarify One Child Policy
AP | CARA ANNA | Posted 05.26.2008 | Home
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BEIJING — Chinese officials said Monday that the country's one-child policy exempts families with a child killed, severely injured or disabled i...
Zhang Ziyi: China Quake Ignorance Outrageous
AP | Posted 05.24.2008 | Entertainment
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HONG KONG — "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" star Zhang Ziyi says she's outraged by what she says is ignorance about the recent earthquake in Ch...
The Victims vs. the Victimized
Megan Shank | Posted 05.22.2008 | Media
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This urgency for homogenization of thought doesn't seem to be as unifying as it is fascist. There is no conflict between seeking the truth and honoring those killed in the Chinese earthquake.
China Earthquake Hits During Couple's Wedding (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post | Posted 05.22.2008 | Living
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The earthquake in China struck during one couple's wedding ceremony. The wedding photographer captures the images below. All 33 wedding guests survive...
China Earthquake: Death Toll More Than 51,000
AP | AUDRA ANG | Posted 05.22.2008 | Home
BEICHUAN, China — Heavy equipment began toppling the few buildings left standing in this quake-stricken town once home to 30,000 people, and wor...
Dictators and Disasters
Simon Jenkins | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics
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The world and its media are playing the dictators' game. They are giving inordinate coverage to every crushed Sichuan school-child and ignoring two million Burmese.
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