Siphoning off money and grain from relief funds and care packages are only among the few things that have been caught.On May 29th, two weeks after the quake, a hotline was created to report malpractices in the...
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China's Sichuan province, the heart of the earthquake region devestated by the quake on May 12, is now inundated by torrential rains, floods, and mudslides according to the official news service of China's communist party, Xinhua. The monsoon season has started and...
A retired teacher in China was detained for writing articles criticizing the construction standards of the schools that collapsed. Around 900 children were buried in the rubble of their schools."Police detained Zeng Hongling in Sichuan's capital, Chengdu, on charges of...
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A teacher has been fired from a Chinese high school for fleeing a classroom before his students in last month's earthquake.He has been denounced in tons of blogs and news sites:HereHereHere(just to name a few)"Fan...
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When the quake first hit, some of the only good news to come out of China were a handful of stories about saved pandas, but now officials have some dire news to add. Many of the bears may be safe, but much of their...
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China's days on end of torrential rain and flooding have earned this month the nickname "Black June."Chinese government officials began using the term "Black June" as the people of China have now suffered through more than ten days of misery highlighted by near monsoon rains...
The May 12 earthquake in China snatched 10,000 school aged children from life and this earth in just a few moments. They all died when their schools collapsed due to what we now know to be shoddy, weak and below building code construction.The rebar used to "reinforce"...
" WOLONG NATURE RESERVE, China -- The man traces the panda's paw with his finger as she laps milky formula from a metal bowl. He strokes her head and tries to wipe her snout when she finishes, but she bats his hand away and curls into a forward roll, hiding her face. Then...
Our good friend Audra Ang of the Associated Press reports today from China that the standoff continues between the Chinese communist government and thousands of parents of now dead school children. Up to 10,000...
China bagan the process of public accountability yesterday for crimes such as "failure to properly assist and respond" during the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan province, the communist party said Tuesday. Twenty eight...
The potential for the 'quake lake' - a lake in China whose dam was threatened by the earthquake there - to flood has been removed, according to the Chinese government."Evacuees headed down from temporary camps Wednesday after Chinese authorities declared the flood threat over...
5 million people in China are still homeless after the devastating quake. More than 15 million have already relocated because of the quake. There aren’t nearly enough tents or temporary housing units...
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The Chinese government is reporting that the "quake lake" in Sichuan province is finally draining, after heightened concerns over the past few days that it would cause flooding."China says the water level in the Tangjiashan quake-lake in southwestern Sichuan province is...
" Powerful aftershocks continued to threaten the stability of a swollen “quake lake” in southwest China Monday, amid urgent efforts to drain its rising waters to prevent a flood downstream.A 5.0-magnitude aftershock rattled the area of quake-devastated Sichuan province...
As there are after shocks in earth Quakes I found 'after news of original news" the news being two weeks old. Anyway here is the story. Seeking something about a recent boom in Chinese milk consumption and demand, I...