Survivors of Sichuan Earthquake Face Further Challenges

Survivors of the massive Sichuan Earthquake last year in which 68 000 were killed and massive property damage was done are now facing further challenges.  The aluminum plant in Wenchuan county is spewing...

Jet Li Takes S$19.8M Leap

Kung fu great Jet Li has taken a big leap to Singapore from China investing S$19.8 million to buy a house there. The box-office martial art star is now a citizen of the island city-state. Li's latest prime property...

Chinese earthquake 'may have been man-made'

China's devastating Sichuan earthquake that killed 80,000 people in 2008 may have been caused by a nearby hydro-electric dam, according to scientists. Researchers in the US and China say the weight of the water...

China compensates parents who lost their children in the Sichuan earthquake

Chinese government is offering £11,800 (160,000 yuan) compensation contracts to the grief-stricken parents who lost their children in the Sichuan earthquake this May. The parents say they feel almost forced to...

Olympics vs. Sichuan Earthquake "News&Opinion"

"Beijing 2008" & "bg08" The International Institute of Nonviolence By: Rev. Jermano Everywhere in Beijing you can see the slogan One World One Dream, but we as people know how really untrue that is. The...

China mourns in black and white, by candlelight, in solidarity

All over China and in Chinese communities abroad, people are mourning the victims of the 5.12 earthquake.  The remembrances are taking a variety of forms, following old and new traditions.The Chinese...

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