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May 2008
- Quake Moves Xinhua Past Propaganda
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | May 13, 08 7:01 PM CDT
  
  Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency, is better known for People’s Republic propaganda than hard-hitting journalism. But in the aftermath of the catastrophic Sichuan earthquake, the Wall Street Journal reports, the agency has published hundreds of up-to-the-minute accounts, many of them on the anguish of the victims and the grievances of provincial officials—a deviation from the usual focus on the government’s response. More »
  
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  China • earthquake • natural disaster • news • propaganda • media coverage • Xinhua
- Quake Carnage Spares Pandas
  
  newser | CNN | May 13, 08 4:27 PM CDT
  
  The residents of the panda preserves deep in the earthquake-ravaged area of China are OK, state media reported today. Keepers of the 86 bears at the Wolong facility, in Sichuan province, and the 60-plus animals at the nearby Chengdu center now must worry about infrastructure damage interrupting the pandas' food supply, CNN reports; the endangered bears eat mostly bamboo. More »
  
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  China • earthquake • China earthquake • panda • Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center
- China Quake Toll Tops 13,000
  
  newser | Reuters | May 13, 08 3:10 PM CDT
  
  The official death toll for the Chinese earthquake shot past 13,000 today and is expected to jump sharply after the full extent of the devastation is accounted for, Reuters reports. In one town with a prequake population of 12,000, only 2,000 survived; in all, 60,000 are missing in Wenchuan, the quake’s epicenter. More »
  
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  China • earthquake • disaster • rescue • aid • Sichuan province
- Grief Turns to Fury For Quake Survivors
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | May 13, 08 10:15 AM CDT
  
  As rescue efforts continue in western China, the mood among survivors of the earthquake has transformed from grief to fury: at the military, at builders, and above all at the government. In Dujiangyan, where several hundreds pupils died when a school collapsed, the Guardian reports that residents tried to push through military police and begged Western media to circulate their stories. More »
  
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  China • earthquake • disaster • Sichuan province • disaster zones
- Quake Buries Nearly 19,000 in 1 Town
  
  newser | CNN | May 13, 08 7:42 AM CDT
  
  Nearly 19,000 people are reported buried in rubble in just one Chinese town, the state media said today, as the death toll from yesterday's 7.9 earthquake in Sichuan province climbed to 12,000. Overwhelmed rescuers worked frantically to rescue as many as possible, impeded by rain and mudslides, while hundreds of children still beneath a collapsed school have been given up for dead, reports the New York Times . More »
  
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  China • earthquake • Sichuan province • disaster zones • Wen Jiabao
- Workers Can't Reach China Quake's Center
  
  newser | CNN | May 12, 08 4:14 PM CDT
  
  Authorities are unable to reach areas at the very center of China's massive 7.9-magnitude earthquake, CNN reports, due mainly to badly damaged roads. The death toll from the quake is now estimated at over 8,600, with thousands more injured, with those numbers figuring to rise as rescue efforts penetrate closer to the epicenter. More »
  
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  China • earthquake
- China Quake Toll Rises to 7,600
  
  newser | Washington Post | May 12, 08 11:16 AM CDT
  
  The earthquake that shook central China has claimed at least 7,651 lives and injured 10,000 more in Sichuan province, the Washington Post reports. In Beichuan county, which accounted for more than 5,000 dead, local news said 80% of the buildings had been toppled. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • China • earthquake • death toll • Sichuan province • damage
- China Weighs Olympic Invitation for Dalai Lama
  
  newser | Reuters | May 12, 08 9:41 AM CDT
  
  Battered by backlash over the Tibet crackdown, China has proposed inviting the Dalai Lama to the Beijing Olympics. An unnamed top Chinese official called a legislator in Tibet's exiled government to discuss the possibility, Reuters reports. The spiritual leader would consider attending, said the Tibetan lawmaker. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Dalai Lama
- 3,000 Dead, 900 Kids Buried in China Quake
  
  newser | Reuters | May 12, 08 5:54 AM CDT
  
  Some 900 students were buried when a school collapsed in today's earthquake in China, state media reported, and the death climbed past 3,000 in just one county. Two other school collapses killed at least 5 children in a province adjacent to Sichuan province, where the quake occurred. Little else is yet known because phone communication is out in the epicenter about 60 miles from Chengdu, home of some 10 million people. More »
  
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  China • earthquake • Hu Jintao
- 7.8 Earthquake Rocks China
  
  newser | CNN | May 12, 08 3:05 AM CDT
  
  A major 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked central China today, with shaking felt a thousand miles away in Beijing, and in Thailand and Vietnam. Exact damage or injuries were not known, but the quake hit about 60 miles from Chengdu, a city of 10 million in China's Sichuan province, reports CNN. "This is a very dangerous earthquake," said a geophysicist with the US Geological Survey. Five people are reported dead, with 100 injured. More »
  
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  China • earthquake • Beijing • quake • US Geological Survey
- Recruiters Draw Students From Abroad, for a Price
  
  newser | New York Times | May 11, 08 3:46 PM CDT
  
  More American universities are using recruiting agents to draw foreign students, and those middlemen are reaping the benefits—from both sides. One Chinese student paid $3,000 to a company that "suggested Ohio University might be the best for me," unaware that OU pays the company a $1,000 commission per student, the New York Times reports. More »
  
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  China • college student • colleges and universities • recruiting • international study • commissions
- Analysts Urge Washington to Invade Burma
  
  newser | Time | May 10, 08 4:49 PM CDT
  
  Analysts and aid workers appalled by Burma’s attitude to foreign aid are urging Washington to invade, Time reports. One observer has called for the US to airlift food regardless of the junta’s restrictions; a retired general wants China to pacify Burma about US aid, or Thailand to paint their colors on US aircraft to help aid get through. More »
  
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  China • United Nations • Burma • Myanmar • Cyclone Nargis • US Navy • Thailand • Yangon • humanitarian aid • US military aid
- Dalai Lama to China: Stop Smearing Me
  
  newser | Der Spiegel | May 9, 08 1:12 PM CDT
  
  If Chinese leaders truly believe the Dalai Lama was behind the Lhasa riots, “then they should go to Oslo and see to it that I am stripped of my Nobel Peace Prize,” the spiritual leader tells Der Spiegel. The Tibetan leader is tired of China’s accusations, and he says they should come forward with evidence if they have it. More »
  
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  China • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Tibetan independence • Lhasa • Tibetans in exile
- Japan Balks at $1M Panda Price Tag
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | May 9, 08 9:40 AM CDT
  
  Hu Jintao is making the first visit to Japan by a Chinese president in 10 years, and he's looking to solidify the newly amicable relationship with an offering of two giant pandas. But the rare animals aren't a gift, exactly: they're a loan, and they come at a yearly cost of $1 million apiece. The high price has forced the panda-loving Japanese to rethink the offer, writes the Wall Street Journal . More »
  
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  China • Japan • Hu Jintao • panda
- Speculation Not Driving Boom in Commodities
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | May 8, 08 4:29 PM CDT
  
  A majority of economists think the upswing in food and energy prices is due to fundamental issues of supply and demand—and not driven by speculation, a Wall Street Journal survey finds; 51% pegged demand from China and India as the chief cause of the oil boom. More »
  
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  China • oil price • India • food prices • investors • oil production • speculation • economist
- China Won't Stop Censoring Web for Olympics
  
  newser | Ars Technica | May 8, 08 2:37 PM CDT
  
  China apparently will continue to censor the Internet during August's Olympics, but says the international press will have the access it needs to function, Jacqui Cheng writes on Ars Technica. Officials said they would guarantee as much access “as possible,” but “controls on some unhealthy websites” would continue. In defense, they said, “every country limits access to some websites.” More »
  
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  China • Internet • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Internet censorship
- Tibetans Storm Chinese Embassy in Nepal
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 8, 08 6:25 AM CDT
  
  At least 300 Tibetan protesters, many of them monks and nuns, stormed the Chinese embassy in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu today. The demonstrators threw debris into the embassy compound and tried to break down the gates. "We want our freedom. Stop China!" they chanted. Some 200 protesters have been detained, although they are expected to be released tonight. More »
  
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  China • Tibet • Nepal • Kathmandu • Tibetan protesters
- Chinese Prez Back in Tokyo After Decade Without Visit
  
  newser | BBC | May 6, 08 2:46 PM CDT
  
  Chinese President Hu Jintao today began a five-day trip to Japan, where he is expected to discuss a new panda for a popular zoo—and play ping-pong with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, the BBC reports. The visit is the first by a Chinese president in a decade, and patching up relations after a rocky period will be the main theme. More »
  
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  China • Japan • Hu Jintao • Yasuo Fukuda
- For Chinese Companies, US Is Prime Real Estate
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | May 5, 08 1:14 PM CDT
  
  For years, American investors have hungrily flocked to China’s massive market, but now the money’s flowing the other way, too, the Los Angeles Time s reports. China invested $9.8 billion in the US in 2007, and not all in big government buys either. With real-estate and other costs fairly low and many states keen to create new jobs, small businesses are finding a good fit. More »
  
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  China • investment • Chinese economy • international trade • US-China trade deficit
- Deadly China Virus Not Seen as Olympic Threat
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | May 5, 08 7:10 AM CDT
  
  The outbreak of a deadly virus in China hasn’t peaked yet—but it won’t affect the Beijing Games, a World Health Organization rep said. “I don't see it at all as a threat to the Olympics or any upcoming events,” he noted. Enterovirus 71 has killed 24 children and infected thousands, the Guardian reports. But the highest volume of cases is usually seen in June and July, WHO said. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • disease • outbreak • virus • World Health Organization • Enterovirus 71

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