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Philanthropy in China a year after the Sichuan earthquake

Last year’s Sichuan earthquake prompted an unprecedented outpouring of donations and volunteers from throughout China, but has it sustained?

China’s hydropower ambitions

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Chinese government’s response to earthquake

Chinese Opera Qing Cheng Dazzles Edinburgh Festival

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New spice for Sichuan’s cuisine

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Assessing Japan’s Quake; Remembering China’s

James Fallows of The Atlantic magazine is currently in Beijing, but he has lived and worked in Japan. He also witnessed the powerful earthquake that hit China in 2008. China, still scarred by the 2008 Sichuan quake, has expressed admiration for the way that Japan has responded to Friday’s earthquake. Although the relationship between China […]

China: Of Trees, Logs, and Floods

The devastating floods that swept China this summer claimed more than 3,000 lives and destroyed twenty-two million acres of farmland. To the surprise of many observers, the Chinese government admitted its own clearcut logging practices had likely contributed to the destruction, and vowed official action. On September first, they imposed an unprecedented ban on logging […]

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Chinese earthquake death roll rises to 10,000

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More than 12,000 are dead in the Sichuan province alone in the 7.9 earthquake that struck southwestern China yesterday.
Rescue efforts are being stalled by rain throughout the region, which is expected for the next few days. China says it would welcome international help, but even their own people are having trouble getting to the affected regions.

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Chinese-Americans aid quake victims

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Members of the large Chinese community in the Los Angeles area are stepping up to raise money to aid China’s earthquake victims, as Rob Schmitz of station KQED reports from Los Angeles.

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Earthquake death toll rises

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The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports from the earthquake-hit Chinese city of Dujiangyan; Chinese officials are warning that the overall death toll from Monday’s quake could surpass 50,000.

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