Sichuan Quake

China 'Disaster Tourism' Policy Is Newest Subsidy To Devastated Areas

Inter Press Service | Posted 06.27.2009 | World


By Antoaneta Bezlova | Inter Press Service BEIJING, May 28 (IPS) - Cashing in on huge public interest in one of the deadliest earthquakes of recen...

China's Sichuan Quake Anniversary Marked By Punk Rock (VIDEO)

Posted 06.12.2009 | World


Josh Chin | Global Post CHENGDU, China -- Nearly a year after her sister died in the earthquake that devastated rural Sichuan, Li Minhui found hers...

Sichuan Quake School Collapse Not From Human Negligence: China

BBC | Posted 06.08.2009 | World


China says it has found no evidence that human negligence caused schools to collapse during last year's earthquake....

Serving the People vs. Clinging to Power

Philip Slater | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics


Philip Slater

It's useful to compare the way China handled its national disaster with the way the Burmese handled the cyclone, and the way our Republican administration handled Katrina.