Sichuan Earthquake

Sichuan Earthquake Silver Lining

Jeremy Haft | Posted 07.10.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Recession, U.S. Exports, Sichuan Earthquake, China Economy, Sichuan Quake Aftermath, China, Business News
Jeremy Haft

If the U.S. economy is slipping into a recession that will ripple out into the global economy, then that ripple will stop at China's shore. China's demand will help absorb the shock of our solvency crisis.

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After the Sichuan Quake, Rebuilding Turns Green

Treehugger.com | Alex Pasternack | Posted 06.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Rebuilding, Earthquake, Green Ngos, Green Living, Sichuan Earthquake, China Earthquake, Green News

When the massive earthquake hit in Sichuan province last month, environmental NGOs across China shifted gears. "We wanted to do anything we could to...

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Quake Aftermath: 90 Percent Of China's Endangered Pandas In Jeopardy

Times Online | Jane Macartney | Posted 06.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Sichuan Earthquake, Sichuan Panda, Sichuan, China Panda, China Earthquake Pandas, Endangered Panda, Panda Extinction, China Earthquake, Green News

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 ...

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The Victims vs. the Victimized

Megan Shank | Posted 05.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Earthquake, Sichuan, Nationalism, China, Newsweek, Sichuan Earthquake, China Earthquake, Media News
Megan Shank

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.

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CCTV Television News: Doing It Right

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Premier Wen Jiabao, Beijing, Sichuan Earthquake, Cctv, Chinese TV, Chinese Culture, Media News
Shelly Palmer

CCTV's earthquake coverage has taken us places no government propaganda machine could ever let us go. They're proud of it and we should all applaud their efforts.

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China's Earthquake: Unleashing A New Civil Spirit?

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nationalism, Olympic Torch Run, Patriotism, Sichuan Earthquake, Chinese Pride, Earthquake, National Unity, China, Cultural Cohesion, Olympics, China and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Politics News
Tom Doctoroff

Ironically, Olympic glory, always threatened by braggadocio, may be delivered by disaster. Can anyone not be touched by a nation resolved to overcome woe and stand up again?

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Out of Tragedy, a New Cultural Understanding of China

Adam Hanft | Posted 05.15.2008 | Living

Read More: China Earthquake, Sichuan Earthquake, China and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Chinese Culture, China, Living News
Adam Hanft

We are now face-to-face with searing images of parental grief, and that can only soften the hard and robotic surfaces of the Chinese culture, and the perception that life is cheap.

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China's Earthquake Casualties: Victims of Too-Rapid Growth?

Nathan Gardels | Posted 05.14.2008 | Living

Read More: China Growth, China Construction, Sichuan Earthquake, Earthquake Standards, China, China Earthquake, China and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Shenzhen, Living News
Nathan Gardels

China's earthquake codes -- on the books -- are said to be up to California standards but are often circumvented in the same way corners are cut making toys, pet food and drugs.

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