China Pulls Soldiers Out of Quake Zone
The pullout from China?s earthquake zone marks a shift from recovery efforts to reconstruction work.
China Begins Pulling Soldiers Out of Quake Zone
The pullout from China?s earthquake zone marks a shift from recovery efforts to reconstruction work.
China withdraws 40,000 troops from quake zone (Boston Globe)
China began withdrawing the first batch of 40,000 troops Monday from three provinces hit by the massive May 12 earthquake as authorities shifted focus from rescue to reconstruction work.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
China arrests quake critic on secrets charge
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police arrested a human rights campaigner in the country's southwest for "possession of state secrets" after he offered help to parents of children killed in the region's massive earthquake, his family said.
China arrests quake critic on secrets charge (Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese police arrested a human rights
campaigner in the country's southwest for "possession of state
secrets" after he offered help to parents of children killed in
the region's massive earthquake, his family said.
China: New quake schools should be safe (Boston Globe)
China has issued safety guidelines for new schools to be built in areas hit by a devastating earthquake amid widespread anger over poorly constructed schools that collapsed during the May temblor, killing many children.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
Memo From Beijing: Quake Revealed Deficiencies of China?s Military (New York Times)
China?s deployment of its armed forces to the May earthquake got good marks for public relations, but the effort left some veteran P.L.A.-watchers underwhelmed. Source : New York Times (subscribe)
Memo From Beijing: Quake Revealed Deficiencies of China?s Military
China?s deployment of its armed forces to the May earthquake got good marks for public relations, but the effort left some veteran P.L.A.-watchers underwhelmed.
China leaders praise US help on quake (Miami Herald)
China's top leaders said they were thankful for U.S. help after Sichuan's devastating earthquake, with Premier Wen Jiabao saying Monday he was impressed that the first foreigners he saw providing help when he toured the province were Americans.Source : Miami Herald (subscribe)Explore : Business, China
Rice Lauds China's Quake-Relief Effort
Condoleezza Rice praised China's post-earthquake recovery efforts during a visit to the disaster zone Sunday, saying it contrasted with Myanmar's reluctance to allow in aid after a devastating cyclone.
China quake delays girl's U.S. adoption
When the magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province in May, killing nearly 70,000 people, it hit home for Americans Rick and Michele Houston.
China quake death toll to 'exceed 80,000'
The death toll from last month's massive earthquake in southwestern China is expected to exceed 80,000, state media reported Tuesday.
China sacks officials over quake corruption
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China fires officials over quake corruption (CNN)
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China cop promoted for breastfeeding quake babies
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese policewoman who breastfed babies orphaned during last month's earthquake has been given a better job, prompting online protests that promotions should be awarded on merit, not merely for good deeds.
China cop promoted for breastfeeding quake babies (Reuters)
Reuters - A Chinese policewoman who breastfed
babies orphaned during last month's earthquake has been given a
better job, prompting online protests that promotions should be
awarded on merit, not merely for good deeds.
Mental health huge task in China quake zone: WHO
BEIJING (Reuters) - As many as 10 percent of those affected by the earthquake in southwest China will need long-term mental health care, the World Health Organisation said on Friday, adding the region had a chance to build a better healthcare system.
China moves 70,000 from quake areas, fearing flood (Reuters)
Reuters - China has evacuated more than
70,000 people near the epicenter of last month's devastating
earthquake to avoid further casualties from landslides and
other disasters during the country's deadly annual flood
season.
China moves 70,000 from quake areas, fearing flood
SANSHUI, China (Reuters) - China has evacuated more than 70,000 people near the epicenter of last month's devastating earthquake to avoid further casualties from landslides and other disasters during the country's deadly annual flood season.
Quake-hit China now menaced by floods and landslides
BEIJING (Reuters) - Floods triggered by torrential rains have killed dozens of people across China, as officials struggle to move thousands of victims last month's earthquake to escape the threat of rain-triggered landslides.
Quake-hit China now menaced by floods and landslides (Reuters)
Reuters - Floods triggered by torrential rains
have killed dozens of people across China, as officials
struggle to move thousands of victims last month's earthquake
to escape the threat of rain-triggered landslides.
Quake-hit China now menaced by landslides and floods
BEIJING (Reuters) - Thousands of victims of China's earthquake are moving to escape a new threat from rain-triggered landslides, officials said on Monday, while floods battered the nation's southern trade powerhouse.
Quake-hit China now menaced by landslides and floods (Reuters)
Reuters - Thousands of victims of China's
earthquake are moving to escape a new threat from
rain-triggered landslides, officials said on Monday, while
floods battered the nation's southern trade powerhouse.
Floods drench quake-ravaged China; 57 dead (Detroit Free Press)
BEIJING -- At least 57 people have died and eight are missing in flooding across a broad stretch of southern China, government-run media reported today.Source : Detroit Free Press (subscribe)
Thousands evacuated as rains lash China quake region (AFP)
AFP - Tens of thousands of victims of China's Sichuan earthquake were evacuated Monday as torrential rain lashed the region, triggering flood warnings on rivers including the Yangtze and the Pearl.
Sensitive China quake photo removed (AP)
AP - A photograph hinting at shoddy school construction was pulled from an exhibition about last month's devastating earthquake, an apparent indication of rising government sensitivity over an issue that has already prompted angry protests from parents of children killed.
Concern over detentions in China quake zone: groups
BEIJING (Reuters) - Two human rights groups expressed concern on Sunday over the fate of Huang Qi, a Chinese activist who friends fear was detained for offering support to families of children who died in the Sichuan earthquake.
Concern over detentions in China quake zone: groups (Reuters)
Reuters - Two human rights groups expressed
concern on Sunday over the fate of Huang Qi, a Chinese activist
who friends fear was detained for offering support to families
of children who died in the Sichuan earthquake.
China's quake parents lament one month on
BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - Anguished parents on Thursday marked one month since China's devastating earthquake, demanding answers about flattened schools and begging forgiveness from dead children buried under the rubble.
China's quake parents lament one month on (Reuters)
Reuters - Anguished parents on Thursday
marked one month since China's devastating earthquake,
demanding answers about flattened schools and begging
forgiveness from dead children buried under the rubble.
China on alert for unrest in quake zone
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Menacing Lake Formed By Quake in China Drained (Red Orbit )
The Associated Press CHENGDU, China Water churned through a drainage channel and engulfed empty towns Tuesday after Chinese soldiers blasted away the debris that kept an earthquake-formed lake threatening more than a million people downstream.Source : Red Orbit (subscribe)Explore : Business, China, Sciences
China quake survivors look to start again (Reuters)
Reuters - Having lost loved ones and
their homes to an earthquake and then what was left of their
belongings to floodwaters, victims of China's worst disaster in
decades spoke stoically of starting again on Wednesday.
China quake survivors look to start again
MIANYANG, China (Reuters) - Having lost loved ones and their homes to an earthquake and then what was left of their belongings to floodwaters, victims of China's worst disaster in decades spoke stoically of starting again on Wednesday.
Rain threatens reservoirs in quake-hit China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Heavy rain hit south and east China on Wednesday, threatening reservoirs a day after a dangerous "quake lake" drained to safety in the southwest, state media said.
Now rain threatens reservoirs in quake-hit China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Heavy rain hit south and east China on Wednesday, threatening reservoirs a day after a dangerous "quake lake" drained to safety in the southwest, state media said.
Now rain threatens reservoirs in quake-hit China (Reuters)
Reuters - Heavy rain hit south and east China on
Wednesday, threatening reservoirs a day after a dangerous
"quake lake" drained to safety in the southwest, state media
said.
China: 'Decisive victory' with quake lake
A huge volume of water surges from a lake created by China's massive earthquake, safely plunging downstream through an area where hundreds of thousands had been braced for disaster, officials said.
China declares quake lake crisis over (AP)
AP - China declared an end Tuesday to the crisis over a brimming lake formed by landslides from a massive earthquake that had threatened flood downstream communities.
Relief as China "quake lake" drains at speed
JIANGYOU, China (Reuters) - Floodwaters crashed out of a dangerously unstable "quake lake" in southwest China on Tuesday after soldiers blasted open a sluice, significantly easing the threat of disaster for hundreds of thousands of people downstream.
Relief as China "quake lake" drains at speed (Reuters)
Reuters - Floodwaters crashed out of a
dangerously unstable "quake lake" in southwest China on Tuesday
after soldiers blasted open a sluice, significantly easing the
threat of disaster for hundreds of thousands of people
downstream.
China quake torrent crashes downstream
MIANYANG, China (Reuters) - Muddy lake water from a dangerously unstable "quake lake" rushed into the devastated Chinese town of Beichuan on Tuesday, covering about a third of the ruins, after soldiers used explosives to widen a sluice.
China's quake lake threatens 1 mn people (NDTV)
Chinese soldiers are using anti-tank weapons to blast away rocks and mud holding backwaters in an earthquake-formed lake that threatens 1 mn people.Source : NDTV (subscribe)Explore : Business, China, World
China's quake-formed lake continues to swell (AP)
AP - A quake-formed lake continued to swell Monday even though soldiers used dynamite and anti-tank weapons to blow up boulders in a diversion channel to try to speed its drainage.
Ravaged China town flooded as quake lake drains
BEICHUAN (Reuters) - Muddy lake water from a dangerously unstable "quake lake" rushed into the devastated Chinese town of Beichuan on Tuesday, covering about a third of the settlement where the water level was rising fast.
Ravaged China town flooded as quake lake drains (Reuters)
Reuters - Muddy lake water from a dangerously
unstable "quake lake" rushed into the devastated Chinese town
of Beichuan on Tuesday, covering about a third of the
settlement where the water level was rising fast.
Alert Remains As China's Main Quake Lake Keeps Swelling (Red Orbit )
Alert remains as China's main quake lake keeps swelling MIANYANG, Sichuan, June 9 (Xinhua) -- China remains on alert Monday as the water level of Tangjiashan quake-formed lake in the southwestern province of Sichuan continues to rise after two days of drainage.Source : Red Orbit (subscribe)Explore : Business, China, Sciences
10 Ld-Writethru-China Focus: China's Main Quake Lake Overflows into Sluice Channel (Red Orbit )
10 Ld-Writethru-China Focus: China's main quake lake overflows into sluice channel MIANYANG, Sichuan Province, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Engineering soldiers began to use dynamite to blast off boulders and objects in the dangerous Tangjiashan "quake lake" so that water drained faster through a man-made sluice channel.Source : Red Orbit (subscribe)Explore : Sciences
10 Ld-Writethru-China Focus: China's Main Quake Lake Overflows into Sluice Channel (Red Orbit )
10 Ld-Writethru-China Focus: China's main quake lake overflows into sluice channel MIANYANG, Sichuan Province, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Engineering soldiers began to use dynamite to blast off boulders and objects in the dangerous Tangjiashan "quake lake" so that water drained faster through a man-made sluice channel.Source : Red Orbit (subscribe)Explore : Sciences
Aftershocks hit brimming China quake lake
CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Chinese troops are carving a third drainage channel into the unstable dam holding back a big "quake lake", as water levels rise and aftershocks send more debris tumbling into the water, state media reported on Monday.