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No quake information reaches Sichuan gov't before quake

23.05.2008 11:49    english.people.com.cn
We haven't got any alert information before the earthquake, said Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan on Friday, adding that he himself hadn't seen any natural phenomenon suggesting an imminent earthquake before the May 12 quake. ...


Eritrean president hails China's competition in world markets

23.05.2008 11:49    english.people.com.cn
Eritrean President Isayas Afewerki on Thursday hailed China's competition in world markets, saying that China's competition improves the lives of those customers everywhere in the world. "It is hypocrisy. They talk about free market ...

China doesn't use Africa as dumping ground

23.05.2008 11:49    english.people.com.cn
Eritrean President Isayas Afewerkion Thursday slammed those allegations that China is using Africa as a dumping ground. "Is China using Africa as a dumping ground? That is not the case," Isayas said in an exclusive interview with Xi ...

Olympic Movement stands in solidarity with quake victims

23.05.2008 11:49    english.people.com.cn
Rogge said on May 20, in Lausanne, that the Olympic Movement stands in solidarity with Chinese quake victims; and expressed his heartfelt condolences to those affected by the earthquake which struck China's Sichuan Province. He also offered ...


Red Cross Society of China sends 18,510 tents to Sichuan

23.05.2008 11:49    english.people.com.cn
The Red Cross Society of China has sent 18,510 tents to quake-hit Sichuan province, all worth a total of 21.75 million yuan.The Red Cross Society of China released an emergency announcement on May 18 that China's Red Cross Society at

Disaster relief fund use to be released step by step

23.05.2008 11:49    english.people.com.cn
The relief funds for quake-hit Sichuan province has been released to the public daily; and the use of disaster relief funds in the local government will be released step by step to the public, said Jiang Li, vice minister of

Eritrean president praises China's earthquake relief efforts

23.05.2008 11:49    english.people.com.cn
Eritrean President Isayas Afewerki on Thursday spoke highly of China's relief efforts in the devastating earthquake that hit its Sichuan Province early last week. "I commend the Chinese leadership, the people in China and the author ...

China's efforts moving in rescues

23.05.2008 11:49    english.people.com.cn
Chiew Chee Phoong, Assistant Group Editor-in-Chief of the Brunei Times, a participant of the 2nd 10+3 Media Cooperation Forum, said that the most memorable part of the trip to China was having witnessed 1.3 billion Chinese people pulling to ...

Information about hand, foot and mouth disease in China

23.05.2008 11:49    english.people.com.cn
Editor's note: One Russian netizen named Sergei has written a letter inquiring about the status of hand, foot and mouth disease in China. In his letter, he says that he plans to travel in China this summer with his children;

Six pandas transferred because of food shortage, damaged shelters after quake

23.05.2008 11:49    english.people.com.cn
A total of six pandas were taken away on Friday from a major panda base in Wolong of southwest China's Sichuan Province because of damaged shelters and food shortage after the earthquake, a local forestry official said. The pandas w

Foreign media praise China's earthquake relief

23.05.2008 11:49    english.people.com.cn
The Wall Street Journal Asia Edition (U.S.), the Globe and Mail (Canada), the Guardian (U.K.), among other foreign news agencies, have recently published articles on China's earthquake relief. They have all lauded the earthquake relief effo ...

443,340 tents delivered to China's quake-hit regions

23.05.2008 11:49    english.people.com.cn
As of Friday noon, 443,340 tents, the one of the most urgently needed relief supplies, had been delivered to China's quake-hit regions, according to the Information Office of the State Council. At the same time, 18,334 makeshift hou ...

China takes measures to stabilize prices in quake zone

23.05.2008 11:49    english.people.com.cn
China's top economic planning agency has urged local pricing authorities in quake zones and other places of the country to strengthen monitoring on relief materials prices to better serve reconstruction in disaster areas. The Nation ...

China sees 175 aftershocks above magnitude four in quake zone

23.05.2008 11:49    english.people.com.cn
A total of 175 aftershocks measuring above four on the Richter scale had been monitored in southwestern China's Sichuan Province by midday Friday, according to the China Seismological Bureau. Twenty-seven of the aftershocks measured ...

Nuclear facilities in quake regions safe

23.05.2008 11:49    english.people.com.cn
All nuclear facilities in quake-hit southwestern Sichuan Province are safe, said Wu Xiaoqing, Vice Minister of Environmental Protection at a press conference. Source:Xinhua ...

Chinese FM on Medvedev's visit

23.05.2008 11:49    english.people.com.cn
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi talks about Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to China and the Sino-Russian relations in a written interview with Itar-Tass prior to Medvedev's visit to Beijing. China believes Medvedev's vis ...

China earthquake death toll rises to 55,740

23.05.2008 11:49    english.people.com.cn
The death toll in China's major earthquake increased by 4,589 to 55,740 as of Friday noon, according to the Information Office of the State Council. And 292,481 people were injured and 24,960 missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake that ...

Donations to quake-hit regions rise to 24.6 bln yuan

23.05.2008 11:49    english.people.com.cn
As of Friday noon, donations from home and abroad to China's quake-hit regions had reached 24.6 billion yuan (3.5 billion U.S. dollars), up 3.2 billion yuan from the previous day, according to the Information Office of State Council. ...

America's Ethnic Minorities and Affirmative Action

23.05.2008 10:57    media.ohmynews.com
I have seen the affirmative action mentality take an ugly turn. It has become politically correct to be prejudiced against multitudes of people simply because of their ancestry. It is now perfectly acceptable to believe...

Guangzhou Gearing Up for Asian Games in 2010

23.05.2008 10:57    media.ohmynews.com
Guangzhou takes pleasure in recollecting its treasured past and in recent years has build up its image as a business and tourist destination. The city, located in the southeast of Guangdong province and north of...

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