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  • September 2008

    • China Admits Quake-Hit Schools Were Poorly Built

      BBC  |  Sep 4, 08 11:30 AM CDT

      China Admits Quake-Hit Schools Were Poorly Built

      (Newser) - A Chinese official admitted today that shoddy construction led to the collapse of some schools during last May’s earthquake, which killed thousands of children. “The structures were not necessarily reasonable and the materials were not necessarily strong enough,” the chairman of the government’s quake probe conceded, reports the BBC. More »

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      China  • China earthquake  • parents  • Sichuan province  • construction safety

  • August 2008

    • Deadly Quake Hits Southwest China

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 31, 08 6:51 AM CDT

      Deadly Quake Hits Southwest China

      (Newser) - A 5.7 earthquake struck an area near Panzhihua City in southwest China yesterday, killing at least 22 people and destroying 1,000 homes in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, reports the Los Angeles Times. Rescue teams were racing to the area to help at least 126 injured. Heavy rains and difficult terrain were delaying relief efforts, officials said. Some 70,000 people were killed in Sichuan province when a massive earthquake struck in May. More »

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      China  • earthquake  • China earthquake  • Sichuan province

    • 6.0 Quake Shakes China's Sichuan

      Associated Press  |  Aug 5, 08 8:07 AM CDT

      6.0 Quake Shakes China's Sichuan

      (AP) - A 6.0 earthquake today rattled China's Sichuan province, which was devastated by a more powerful quake in May, the US Geological Survey said. One person was killed, reports CNN, and five seriously injured. The tremblor is the latest of numerous aftershocks from the 7.9 quake that struck Sichuan on May 12 and killed almost 70,000 people and left 5 million homeless. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • earthquake  • China earthquake

  • July 2008

    • Chinese Teacher Sent to Labor Camp Over Quake Dissent

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 30, 08 11:31 AM CDT

      Chinese Teacher Sent to Labor Camp Over Quake Dissent

      (Newser) - A Chinese teacher has been sent to a labor camp for a year of "re-education" after he posted online photos of school buildings that collapsed during the Sichuan earthquake, the Guardian reports. The man, who was neither formally charged with a crime nor given a trial, is one of many demanding answers from the Chinese government as to why so many schools were destroyed while nearby buildings remained standing. More »

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      China earthquake  • labor camp  • dissent

    • China Pushes 'Hush Money' on Grieving Quake Parents

      New York Times  |  Jul 24, 08 3:41 AM CDT

      China Pushes 'Hush Money' on Grieving Quake Parents

      (Newser) - Officials in China's Sichuan province are buying the silence of parents who lost children in May's devastating earthquake, the New York Times reports. Grieving parents are being pressured to sign agreements accepting $9,000 in compensation if they stop asking questions about why so many schools collapsed. They are told they will get nothing if they refuse to sign. More »

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      China  • earthquake  • China earthquake  • Sichuan province  • compensation  • Chinese officials

    • Chinese School-Collapse Critic Busted as Spy

      New York Times  |  Jul 11, 08 5:28 AM CDT

      Chinese School-Collapse Critic Busted as Spy

      (Newser) - An activist who tried to help bereaved Sichuan parents get answers about why so many schools collapsed in May's earthquake has been arrested, the New York Times reports. Huang Qi was taken away by plainclothes police after posting information about the parents on his website. He has been accused of possessing state secrets and could face years in jail. More »

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      China  • China earthquake  • school  • Sichuan province  • human rights activists  • Chinese officials

    • Mother Nature's Wrath Creates Prosperity

      Boston Globe  |  Jul 8, 08 7:25 PM CDT

      Mother Nature's Wrath Creates Prosperity

      (Newser) - Casualties aside, natural disasters may not be so devastating after all. Catastrophes like the recent earthquake in China destroy old buildings and roads, making way for new and improved infrastructure that may not have been created otherwise and pumping cash into the economy. In the long term, updated technology and efficiencies have the potential to create a more productive economy, reports the Boston Globe . More »

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      economy  • flood  • hurricane  • natural disaster  • China earthquake  • Chinese economy  • rebuilding

  • June 2008

    • China Quake Beat the Odds

      LiveScience  |  Jun 30, 08 4:06 PM CDT

      China Quake Beat the Odds

      (Newser) - The earthquake that leveled parts of China’s Sichuan province last month was a geological oddity arising from usually inactive faults, LiveScience reports. The bizarre seismological coincidences behind the quake explain why no one was able to predict the event, which claimed 69,000 lives. More »

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      China  • Tibet  • earthquake  • China earthquake  • Sichuan province  • seismology  • tectonic plates

    • Breastfeeding Officer Sparks Debate in China

      Reuters  |  Jun 22, 08 5:44 PM CDT

      Breastfeeding Officer Sparks Debate in China

      (Newser) - A policewoman has sparked debate in Beijing after breastfeeding nine orphaned babies during last month's earthquake, Reuters reports. Officials have promoted Jiang Xiaojuan, 30, calling her "hero and model police officer," but others argue that merit, not deeds, should lead to promotion. Xiaojuan left her baby at home to help with disaster relief and earned the press nickname "police mum." More »

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      China  • China earthquake  • Sichuan province  • breast feeding  • orphans  • promotion  • policewomen

    • Blogger Keeps Quake in Focus

      Jezebel  |  Jun 21, 08 8:30 PM CDT

      Blogger Keeps Quake in Focus

      (Newser) - A Chinese graphic novelist determined to keep the aftermath of last month's earthquake on the front burner is using her new blog to get the message out, and fellow citizen journalists on the other side of the world are catching on. "We love you, Coco Wang," a blogger at New York-based Jezebel writes to the Beijing-based artist. More »

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      China  • Beijing  • blog  • China earthquake  • blogger  • blogging  • artist  • blogs  • graphic novel  • blog posts

    • Draining Quake Lake Floods China Town

      Reuters  |  Jun 10, 08 6:44 AM CDT

      Draining Quake Lake Floods China Town

      (Newser) - A town devastated by the Sichuan earthquake was flooded today as soldiers worked to drain a dangerous quake lake, reports Reuters. Water whooshed into Beichuan after explosives and missiles were used to blast holes in the dam created by the earthquake. Some 250,000 people downstream had already been evacuated. More »

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      earthquake  • flood  • China earthquake  • Sichuan province  • disaster zones  • dam  • Tangjiashan

    • China to Reverse Sterilization for Quake Parents

      Xinhua (China)  |  Jun 6, 08 4:40 PM CDT

      China to Reverse Sterilization for Quake Parents

      (Newser) - China will send medical teams to areas hit by last month’s earthquake to reverse sterilization procedures for couples who want to have another child, Xinhua reports. The Sichuan family planning agency is providing free surgery and counseling to couples who were once sterilized in accordance with the nation's one-child policy. About 7,000 of the earthquake's fatalities were the lone children in their families. More »

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      China  • surgery  • family  • China earthquake  • reproductive rights  • reproduction  • quake  • one child policy

    • Quake Pandas Delight Beijing

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 6, 08 3:51 PM CDT

      Quake Pandas Delight Beijing

      (Newser) - Eight giant pandas shaken by last month's earthquake made their first appearance at the Beijing Zoo yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reports. Huge crowds visited the pandas, who seemed none the worse for wear from the move, planned before the quake to coincide with the Olympics. The zoo expects daily crowds of 100,000 this weekend, five times normal. More »

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