The world has marveled at the derring-do of rescuers in the wake of southwestern China's killer earthquake and been heartened by the degree of official willingness to let outsiders share in the national grief.
There is no shortage caused by the earthquake in China that's taken thousands of lives.
China's response to the Sichuan earthquake in May 2008 and the spectacular success of the 2008 Beijing Olympics were examples of how much China has progressed in this regard.
Now unfortunately, China is now suddenly preoccupied with its own natural disasters with its earthquake, but China does have a massive amount of influence in Myanmar to get them to open up a bit more.
The French fashion house was forced to distance itself from its long-time cosmetics spokeswoman Sharon Stone after she publicly suggested the horrific devastation wrought by the Sichuan earthquake was karmic retribution for China's treatment of Tibet.
The earthquake earlier this week in Southwestern China caused the collapse of a middle school that trapped hundreds of students.
As Japan rebuilds from the March 11 earthquake, it could drive up the prices of commodities in which China also imports, mainly oil and iron ore.
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YA'AN, China (AP) Rescuers and relief teams struggled to rush supplies into the rural hills of China's Sichuan province Sunday after an earthquake left at least 180 people dead and more than 11, 000 injured and prompted frightened survivors to spend a night in cars, tents and makeshift shelters.
On Thursday, the Yunnan Province of China was hit by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake with over 250 injured a few dozen people found dead in the rubble.
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"If anything, Twitter reminds me that everyone is human and they all have their own views and a paradigm through which they see the world, " said Hultquist who had a unique appreciation of the quick, firsthand tweets that came after the earthquake in China last year.
China on Tuesday marked the first anniversary of a devastating earthquake that left nearly 90, 000 dead or missing one year ago in mountainous Sichuan province.
The China Earthquake Networks Center said it had recorded 264 aftershocks, two of which topped 5.0 in magnitude, since the original quake struck.
Media in China continue to urge public support for victims of the Sichuan earthquake, while public concerns over corruption are hitting donations from Hong Kong.
Safety in schools has been a major public concern in China since a devastating earthquake in Sichuan province in 2008 killed tens of thousands of people.
Chinese authorities, responding to their first natural disaster since a Communist Party leadership change last year, appear to be moving faster this time to reach stricken areas in the aftermath of Saturday's tremor, which was measured by China's earthquake administration at magnitude 7.0 and by the U.S. Geological Survey at 6.6.
Accounts of the deadly attacks last fall in Mumbai, India, the May 2008 earthquake in China and last week's plane crash show what used to be just a virtual gathering place to communicate pet peeves or plans for the weekend has evolved into a go-to spot for eyewitness news -- sometimes even before mainstream media has had time to crack the story.
You know that the Web isn't quite done with reinventing humanity when, in the space of a week, a cyclone kills 100, 000 people in Myanmar and an earthquake kills 70, 000 in China.
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