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Environmental activist and writer Tan Zuoren, who was charged with "inciting subversion of state power," is accused of defaming the ruling Communist Party and the government over their handling of the Tiananmen crackdown on pro-democracy protestors in...
Tags: China, Tan Zuoren, china quake, Chengdu Intermediate Court, quake activist
It was tragic enough for parents to have lost their children in the massive 7.9 earthquake that rocked China last May. But their pain was compounded when they dared to seek answers about the construction standards of schools in which their kids perished:...
Tags: China, Amnesty International, china quake
An usually harsh winter is expected in the mountains of Sichuan, where millions of quake victims live in temporary housing that gives little protection against cold, rain and snow, provincial officials said on Friday. The 7.9 magnitude quake, which hit...
Tags: earthquake, China, Sichuan Province, warning, sichuan provinces, quake victims, china quake, Wei Hong, vice governor, quake rebuilding
China leaving at least 25 people dead and over 300 injured, state press reported. The quake struck the border region between Sichuan and Yunnan provinces late yesterday afternoon leaving up to 130,000 homes damaged or collapsed in Yunnan alone, Xinhua...
Tags: Sichuan-Yunnan, New China News Agency, China Earthquake Administration, Sichuan Province, sichuan provinces, china quake, Panzhihua, Yunnan Province, yunnan provinces, magnitude earthquake
The Chinese government estimates it will cost about $147 billion to rebuild areas that were devastated by May's deadly earthquake. The National Development and Reform Commission's draft rebuilding plan was published this week. State media says it calls...
Tags: China Daily, china quake, quake rebuilding, national development, reform commission
China quake toll may touch 80,000 Beijing, June 24: The toll in the devastating earthquake is likely to cross 80,000, China said today, acknowledging for the first time that many of the thousands listed as missing may have perished in the deadliest disaster...
Tags: China Insurance Regulatory Commission, New China, death toll, Hui Liangyu, quake toll, china quake, standing committee, million yuan, premier hui, State Council Information Office
The estimate on the toll from the magnitude 8.0 quake that hit southwest China's Sichuan province on May 12 was provided by Vice Premier Hui Liangyu, the Xinhua news agency said. The latest official death toll from the quake was 69,181, with 18,498 missing,...
Tags: China, State Council Information Office, death toll, vice premier, Sichuan Province, premier hui, Hui Liangyu, NPC Standing Committee, china quake, billion yuan
The death toll of China's massive earthquake reported no increase from Thursday's figure, freezing at 69,180 of Friday noon, the State Council Information Office said. The number of the injured also remained at 374,008 and people reported missing dropped...
Tags: Southwest China, South China, heavy rain, Sichuan Province, sichuan provinces, china quake, relief funds, overwhelm dams
The aftershock struck yesterday in Ningqiang county, Shaanxi province, which borders Sichuan, the province at the epicentre of the 8.0 magnitude earthquake on May 12, Xinhua news agency said. More than 12,600 aftershocks have rattled the region since...
Tags: China Earthquake Administration, Ningqiang county, Shaanxi Province, aftershock struck, northwest china, china quake, magnitude aftershock
A Chinese forestry official said Tuesday that giant panda habitat in China's Sichuan province, the endangered animal's main preserve, was devastated by last month's massive earthquake. The world-renowned Wolong Nature Reserve and 48 others created in...
Tags: China, Sichuan Province, Chinese People's Liberation Army, giant panda, panda habitat, china quake, Cao Qingyao, State Forestry Administration, New Zealand