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I still choke up every time I read about the kids that died in the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake. I’ll remember the pictures of a girl
here is a short essay on Haiti and Chengdu and some of the similarities and differences in the disasters that struck here and there.
Julia Zimmermann came to Chengdu and stayed with me for several days chronicling the earthquake there for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung — my favorite German-language
i just got back from Beichuan a few minutes ago. Beichuan was near the epicenter of the earthquake, so most of the villages in that
today … bout three minutes ago, a large aftershock shook chengdu. the largest in a long time, maybe since the original quake. and it lasted
We went to Luo Shui today, about 20 of us in several cars and trucks loaded with toys, paints, candy and other goodies for the
Wass happenin ya’ll? Its been an easy few days recently. My cats are in heat again so the dirty toms are serenading us all from
I posted some pics here of Qing Cheng after the quake. If anyone has any information or people they would like me to contact, please
Patriotism at the expense of another nation is as wicked as racism at the expense of another race…Let us resolve to be patriots always, nationalists
A Poem by an anonymous Chinese circling the web(translated): Children quickquickHold fast to Mother’s handThe Road to HeavenIs so darkMom is afraidyou’ll hit your headQuickHold
First off: Blogger is blocked in China, so people cannot see it here, I cannot comment back to any of you and i do use
President Hu Jintao made it to Dujiangyan today and shook hands with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao… Today I took a ride with a civil engineer
Tomorrow we will try and head up to see if we can help. THe local authorities and Red Cross have designated the Bookworm and Cafe
Well Chengdu is basically back to normal. My friend Charlie’s harrowing experience is all over the web now — here is the AP story, which
Well the tremors have picked up now and rumors are rife about another large earthquake. But rumors have been flying all day about no water,
Here is a story I wrote that didn’t find space … its a time-pegged story which means I can probably not publish it anywhere else.
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao’s speech is looped on TV and radio and seems to have an effect. One line that inspired was: “Even if
I want to first reply to those who have commented about Qing Cheng Mountain: If anyone has ever been there you may remember the very
On the day of the earthquake in Sichuan Province, Charlie, Ramone and John met at the Shamrock Bar and Grill in Chengdu at 7am and
My friend Rachel wrote the day before the quake: “I feel like the world is shifting” if ya’ll check the first few lines of my
There is a tremor going on as i write — has been shaking my building for the past three minutes. still shaking. had tremors all
Well now that i feel i have done my part cross-referencing links and straining at Chinese characters its time to write lil something for my
Thousands dead and injured in Beichuan county — the TV is not reporting any of this, getting it off of Xinhua news. All media is
The schools are taking a hit across the northern part of Sichuan. Deyang is 45 minutes NE of Chengdu, Dujiangyan is 45minutes NW .. PArty
The tv news just reported 107 deaths and 648 injuries. They also say that gas is tough to come by — some people have been
Rumors are spreading fast throughout the city that there will be another large earthquake this evening at 830pm … this has not been confirmed by
The death toll is rising — so far it is up to 107 and the schoolchildren in Dujiangyan are not completely accounted for. The countryside
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