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May 2008
- China Death Toll Breaks 51K
  
  newser | CNN | May 22, 08 7:59 AM CDT
  
  China’s official earthquake death toll has today topped 51,000, with almost 300,000 injured, and another 29,000 missing, CNN reports. Meanwhile, donations from home and abroad tallied $3 billion, while Beijing pledged another $10 billion to reconstruction efforts, including $3.6 billion for rescue and relief work. More »
  
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  China • earthquake • rescue • death toll • emergency aid • reconstruction • emergency funding
- World Toes Junta's Line as Burmese Die
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | May 21, 08 2:47 PM CDT
  
  The leaders of the Burmese junta don’t want you to think about the victims of Cyclone Nargis, writes Tom Jenkins for the Guardian , and the world and the media are only too happy to oblige. The Chinese government’s heroics in Asia's other natural disaster focuses attention on victims receiving help, while the Burmese who desperately need outside intervention die off-camera. More »
  
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  China • Burma • Myanmar • Cyclone Nargis • China earthquake • junta • dictatorship • negligence • ASEAN
- Quake Efforts Break Barriers in China
  
  newser | New York Times | May 20, 08 11:09 AM CDT
  
  The Chinese people have responded to last week's Sichuan earthquake with an unprecedented outpouring of volunteer work and donations—outside the scope, and control, of the Chinese government, the New York Times reports. China’s regime doesn’t trust public activism, and has long restricted private charity groups. But the quake crisis and public reaction are so broad it has grudgingly accepted help. More »
  
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  China • earthquake • China earthquake • Sichuan province • volunteer • activist
- China Death Toll Nears 40,000
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | May 20, 08 8:28 AM CDT
  
  The official quake death toll climbed to nearly 40,000 in China’s Sichuan province today, the Guardian reports, as foreign medical teams and equipment arrived on the scene. Relief efforts began shifting away from finding survivors to aiding the more than 200,000 injured and 5 million left homeless. Russia, Taiwan, Japan, the US, Germany, and Italy had all sent rescue workers. More »
  
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  China • earthquake • natural disaster • death toll • relief • aftershock • panda • foreign aid • medical care
- Dalai Lama Won't Be Welcomed at 10 Downing
  
  newser | AFP | May 20, 08 7:50 AM CDT
  
  The Dalai Lama arrived in Britain today for an 11-day visit, during which he will give lectures and meet with senior religious and political figures. Gordon Brown won acclaim at the height of the Olympic torch protests for agreeing to meet the Tibetan leader. But now, writes AFP, the PM is under fire for an element of protocol: the meeting will not take place at his residence of 10 Downing Street, but in a religious setting. More »
  
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  China • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Tibetan independence • 10 Downing Street
- 'Disaster Fatigue' Shuts US Wallets
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 20, 08 7:00 AM CDT
  
  Americans’ donations to disaster relief this year fall far short of money given to victims of the 2004 tsunami and Hurricane Katrina—and it’s likely due to “disaster fatigue," say experts. With tragedies like Burma’s cyclone and China’s earthquake quickly piling up, people may feel they can’t make a difference, AP reports. As of Friday, Americans had given $12.1 million to Burma, while the tsunami garnered $1.92 billion in US donations. More »
  
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  China • Burma • earthquake • Hurricane Katrina • natural disaster • Cyclone Nargis • charity • relief • donation • tsunami
- Thousands Flee After New Quake Warning
  
  newser | Reuters | May 19, 08 8:39 PM CDT
  
  A new quake warning sent thousands of frightened Chinese running into the streets of Chengdu today, Reuters reports. With nerves still raw from last week's disaster, drivers jammed roads and people dragged their bedding into open spaces. A 5.0 aftershock in Pingwu County also sent buildings swaying in Chengdu, roughly 150 km from the epicenter. More »
  
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  China • China earthquake • aftershock • Xinhua • panic
- Hello, China: Meet Japan's New Envoy
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 19, 08 8:00 PM CDT
  
  Hello Kitty has been tapped as Japan’s cultural envoy to China, the AP reports. Japan’s ministry of tourism chose the über-popular icon to represent the country in its drive to attract 10 million annual visitors to the islands. Last year, tourists from China and Hong Kong made up 16.5% of Japan's 8.35 million overseas visitors. More »
  
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  China • Japan • tourism • Hong Kong • pop culture • Hello Kitty • envoy
- 3 Pandas Missing in Quake
  
  newser | AFP | May 19, 08 9:25 AM CDT
  
  Three giant pandas are missing from the famed Wolong panda reserve that was hit by the magnitude 7.9 earthquake last week in China, AFP reports. Emergency supplies of bamboo—the panda's staple—and apples are being flown into the area to help save the endangered animals. More than 80 are safe—including two offered by Beijing to Taiwan as goodwill gifts. More »
  
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  China • earthquake • Taiwan • Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center • giant pandas
- China Mourns; 200 Rescuers Buried by Mudslides
  
  newser | BBC | May 19, 08 6:45 AM CDT
  
  Millions across China bowed their heads and observed 3 minutes of silence today in the first of 3 official days of mourning for the 71,000 dead or missing in last week's earthquake. Flags flew at half mast, rescue workers paused in their efforts and trading was halted on stock exchanges. State news reported that 200 rescue workers repairing damaged roads have been buried by mudslides over the last 3 days, as continuing heavy rain raised fears of new flooding and landslides. More »
  
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  China • earthquake • mudslide
- China Orders 3 Days of Mourning, Will Halt Torch
  
  newser | Reuters | May 18, 08 1:02 PM CDT
  
  As the death toll in Monday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit 32,500, China declared 3 days of national mourning beginning tomorrow, reports Reuters. The Olympic torch relay will pause for the duration. Rescue efforts are still under way in devastated Sichuan province, but hopes are waning of recovering any of the estimated 9,500 still missing. More »
  
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  China • Olympic torch • China earthquake • death toll • Hu Jintao • torch relay
- Another Major Aftershock Rocks China
  
  newser | Reuters | May 18, 08 9:39 AM CDT
  
  Another major aftershock rattled China this morning, Reuters reports. Thousands fled swaying buildings in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, after the 6.1 shaker, but no casualties were immediately reported. Hundreds of lesser aftershocks have rocked the area since last Monday's 7.9 quake that has now claimed at least 32,500 lives, with some 220,000 injured. More »
  
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  China • earthquake • China earthquake • Sichuan province • death toll • aftershock
- China Flood Warnings Cause Stampede
  
  newser | BBC | May 17, 08 6:59 AM CDT
  
  Rescue efforts in Beichuan, near the epicenter of China’s earthquake, turned to chaos today as fear of flooding caused a stampede of thousands, the BBC reports. A flood warning was issued after a landslide-blocked river threatened to burst its banks, CNN reports. “Everybody just ran. People who were in the process of being rescued had to be left behind,” said a BBC correspondent. More »
  
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  China • flood • China earthquake • evacuation • landslide • stampede
- Asia Financiers Looking Askance at Western Banks
  
  newser | Economist | May 16, 08 4:30 PM CDT
  
  Bankers and regulators across Asia have grown wary of the big US banks they once invited to underwrite major moves, the Economist reports. One Chinese regulator described the West’s big banks to the magazine as “shit,” among signs the East no longer trusts the West’s wisdom, or its regulation model, in the wake of the subprime collapse and the resulting credit crunch. More »
  
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  China • bank regulation • HSBC • Chinese banks
- Huge Aftershock Rattles China
  
  newser | Reuters | May 16, 08 7:47 AM CDT
  
  A powerful aftershock struck today near the epicenter of this week's earthquake, wreaking more havoc as China struggled to bury its dead and care for thousands of homeless and hungry survivors, Reuters reports. Rescuers continued their search amid the rubble, but hope dimmed as the official death toll rose to more than 22,000. It is expected to exceed 50,000. More »
  
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  China • earthquake • Hu Jintao • aftershock • disaster zones
- Quake Toll Could Top 50K
  
  newser | Reuters | May 15, 08 12:39 PM CDT
  
  The death toll from China’s devastating earthquake could ultimately top 50,000, Reuters reports. Some 20,000 have been confirmed dead, but Chinese officials fear for tens of thousands trapped under rubble, as rescuers contend with landslides, destroyed roads, and collapsed bridges. But even among those above ground, the multitudes of newly homeless people are beginning to strain the resources of relief efforts. More »
  
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  China • earthquake • disaster • China earthquake • rescue • death toll • survivors
- Quake Grief Compounded for Single-Child Chinese Families
  
  newser | New York Times | May 15, 08 9:26 AM CDT
  
  Thousands of parents in China's earthquake-hit Sichuan province are grieving for their children today and for most, the misery is particularly heart-wrenching because they have lost their only child, reports the New York Times. China's one-child policy was strictly enforced in the poor and populous province, and the quake took a heavy toll on its young as schools collapsed. More »
  
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  China • earthquake • China earthquake • Sichuan province • one child policy • grief
- Girl Pulled From Quake Rubble After 50 Hours
  
  newser | CNN | May 15, 08 8:07 AM CDT
  
  A girl was rescued from school dorm rubble last night after 50 hours trapped in the wreckage from China’s earthquake, CNN reports. She was calling “uncle, save me," said a rescuer. "The voice could haunt me for the rest of my life.” The rescue was a bright spot as China reported that nearly 400 dams were cracked in the quake, and scrambled to relieve pressure and shore them up. More »
  
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  China • China earthquake • rescue • death toll • relief
- Burst Dams New Peril in Quake Aftermath
  
  newser | Reuters | May 14, 08 5:46 PM CDT
  
  Chinese authorities are warning of possible flooding and further destruction caused by bursting dams in the aftermath of Monday's catastrophic earthquake, Reuters reports. "The most dangerous problems are several reservoirs near Wenchuan," about 30 miles northwest of the ruined city of Dujiangyan, one official said. The Zipingpu dam, 6 miles upriver of Dujiangyan, has passed a safety check, state TV announced this evening. More »
  
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  China • earthquake • China earthquake • dams
- China's Quake Relief Efforts Serve PR Purpose, Too
  
  newser | New York Times | May 14, 08 9:57 AM CDT
  
  China's devastating earthquake has kept the country in an international spotlight that's been too warm for comfort following recent Tibet and Olympic-torch troubles, the New York Times reports—and the country might be having a defining moment as it deals with the catastrophe. The country's swift, aggressive rescue effort contrasts sharply with neighboring Myanmar's, and with China's own approach to earlier calamities. More »
  
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  China • earthquake • China earthquake • Sichuan province • torch relay • Wen Jiabao • Chinese officials

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