China to spend $13 billion on quake relief
May 23, 2008
China leaders grapple with political aftershocks
The Associated Press - May 21, 2008
XINHUA, China (AP) — Chinese leaders moved to contain the political aftershocks of last week's deadly earthquake, promising a big rebuilding fund,
China vows building clamp
Gulf Daily News - May 21, 2008
CHENGDU: China vowed yesterday to deal severely with anyone found responsible for shoddy state building work, as parents demanded to know why last week's
Another woman saved as China plans billions for relief
AFP - May 21, 2008
SHIFANG, China (AFP) — A woman emerged alive Wednesday after being trapped for nine days in a tunnel following China's earthquake, as the government ordered
Rush to build shelter as fearful victims sleep outside
Sydney Morning Herald - May 21, 2008
Fast construction … workers build a resettlement site in Sichuan province to house some of the estimated 5 million people left homeless.
Push to help China quake homeless
Aljazeera.net - May 21, 2008
Disaster recovery teams in southern China are rushing to deliver emergency shelter, food and medicine to the estimated five million people made homeless in
China warns over quake corruption
BBC News - May 21, 2008
Chinese regulators have warned that relief efforts for the Sichuan earthquake must be transparent, and say any corruption will be punished.
Jet Li takes part in relief work in quake-hit Sichuan
Xinhua - May 20, 2008
BEIJING, May 20 -- Chinese entertainment stars are opening their hearts and wallets to help victims of Sichuan's May 12 earthquake.
A brave new world rises from the rubble
China Daily - May 20, 2008
By Qin Xiaoying (China Daily) My daughter belongs to the younger generation known as the "post-1980 kids". A journalist, she went to the earthquake-hit
China remembers its earthquake dead
Euronews.net - May 19, 2008
Exactly a week after a powerful earthquake devastated the Chinese province of Sichuan, this vast nation of 1.3-billion people united to remember its dead.
This Week in China
Foreign Policy Passport - May 21, 2008
Last Monday's Sichuan earthquake was the worst natural disaster in China in 30 years. An estimated 5 million people were left homeless from the quake and
Beijing pledges 95b yuan for quake zone relief
South China Morning Post (subscription) - May 21, 2008
Beijing has pledged to spend at least 95 billion yuan (HK$106 billion) on reconstruction and relief operations after the Sichuan earthquake as the nation
China quake survivor 'rescued after nine days'
InTheNews.co.uk - May 21, 2008
A woman has reportedly been dug out of rubble by rescuers in China, nine days after the devastating earthquake struck. State news agency Xinhua said the
In China quake, apotheosis of ‘Grandpa Wen’
US-China Today - May 21, 2008
Flying to the epicenter of one of China’s most deadliest earthquake in less than two hours after it struck, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has cultivated
Internal Power Struggle Delayed Earthquake Rescue
Epoch Times - May 21, 2008
By Shi Yu Although the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propagandized its rescue efforts at full throttle, according to sources, due to a high level power
A truly Olympian quake response
The Standard - May 20, 2008
Chinese national pride, symbolized in the Olympic torch, has been the subject of considerable recent comment - in the papers, on television and on the
Millions mourn quake dead
People\x27s Daily Online - May 20, 2008
Senior Chinese leaders including Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang mourn during a
Fears of new quake prompt panic in Chinese town
LIVENEWS.com.au - May 19, 2008
A television report predicting another powerful earthquake in China's Sichuan province has caused pandemonium in Chengdu. It sent tens of thousands of
Chinese Premier stresses all-out efforts to rescue quake victims
CCTV - May 18, 2008
Premier Wen Jiabao has chaired a State Council meeting to discuss earthquake relief. The meeting was held in Beijing on Saturday right after the premier
China quake focus shifts from rescue to relief
Malaysia Star - May 21, 2008
By Lucy Hornby QINGCHUAN, China (Reuters) - Heavy rain forecast for southwest China threatened to disrupt relief efforts on Wednesday and raise the risk of
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