A retired Chinese professor has been detained by the authorities after writing three essays for an American based Chinese website. In these essays he criticized the building standards of the schools that crumbled in the May earthquake, killing thousands of people, and most of...
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Can you believe this? Staff at a branch of ICBC, the biggest bank in China, used relief fund to buy themselves 56 pairs of Nike runners. Misappropriation of funds had always been a concern, but you would have...
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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...
" 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...
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao warned that the 'Quake Lake' at Tangjiashan has reached a "critical moment." An aftershock measuring 5.3 magnitude hit the region as workers attempted to drain the...
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Chinese authorities will drain the swelling lake formed by the earthquake earlier this month, and will complete work on a drainage channel to divert water that threatens hundreds of thousands downstream."Officials...
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My prayers go out to all involved in this tragedy, We are all brother and sister"MIANYANG, China (CNN) -- Authorities are expanding plans to evacuate people in southwestern China as water piles up behind a dam...
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"BEIJING -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, hugely popular at home for his relief efforts following the massive earthquake in Sichuan, has emerged as the 10th most popular politician on the...
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Radiation leaks in the Chinese earthquake zone. The news from China keeps getting more grim."Chinese environment authorities say they have found fifty hazardous sources of radiation since this month’s earthquake.Senior environment official, Wu Xiaoqing has said the...
Beichuan, the most seriously damaged town in the Sichuan earthquake, will become a museum and memorial to the now 55,000 people that were killed in the disaster. The death toll is still rising however."The local...
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there is fresh storm brewing up aimed at Myanmar.this will aggravte the problems of the people in that country.hope the regime would allow foreign aid workers as soon as possible if the storm strikes again
Stories, photos and videos streaming in from China show the enormity of the rescue and aid efforts needed for survivors of the earthquake in China."Troops have arrived in Wenchuan county at the epicentre, which...
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