China Quake

Sichuan Quake Aftermath: China Drains Lake Into Ruined Town

New York Times | Edward Wong and Alan Cowell | Posted 06.10.2008 | Green


BEIJING -- A torrent coursed through a ruined and abandoned Chinese town Tuesday after soldiers blasted away debris holding back millions of gallons o...

Earthquake Prompts Chinese Officials To Clarify One Child Policy

AP | CARA ANNA | Posted 05.26.2008 | Home


BEIJING — Chinese officials said Monday that the country's one-child policy exempts families with a child killed, severely injured or disabled i...

Who Are We To Lecture the Burmese?

Harry Shearer | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics


Harry Shearer

Gee, I wonder how a government gets to the point where it's more interested in the preservation of its own power than in relieving the suffering of its people in the wake of a disaster.

Aftershock rattles China quake zone

AP | NG HAN GUAN | Posted 05.16.2008 | Home


YINGXIU, China — A powerful aftershock knocked out roads and communications in some of the most quake-ravaged parts of central China on Friday, ...

1,000 buried in another school collapse in China

AP | WILLIAM FOREMAN | Posted 05.12.2008 | Home


CHENGDU, China — Chinese state media is reporting that another 1,000 students and teachers are dead or missing after a massive earthquake crushe...


 

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