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Quake response tests China's place in world

montereyherald.com
May 18, 2008
        

JUYUAN, China — At China's moment of maximum exposure, it is facing the ultimate tests. The year 2008 has loomed without equal on China's horizon since the day in 2001 that it won the chance to host the Olympics Games and showcase its national transformation.

                   

China's quake calms Olympic controversies by deflating contentiousness

iht.com
May 18, 2008
        

China's deadliest earthquake in a generation has jarred residents who expected to be reveling in anticipation of the Beijing Olympics. In less dramatic ways, the disaster is shifting perceptions between China and the world, deflating the contentiousness building up around the games.

                   
usatoday.com: Crowds gather to watch the Olympic torch relay in Wenzhou, China on Saturday. The recent earthquake has taken the heat off of various controversies surrounding the country's hosting of the 2008 Summer Olympics. usatoday.com

China earthquake calms Olympic controversies

usatoday.com
May 18, 2008
        

By Charles Hutzler, Associated Press BEIJING — China's deadliest earthquake in a generation has jarred residents who expected to be reveling in anticipation of the Beijing Olympics. The authoritarian Chinese government's rapid, full-throttle rescue and the unprecedented flow of news it has...

                   

US military planes deliver aid to quake-hit China (AFP)

yahoo.com
May 18, 2008
        

CHENGDU, China (AFP) - Two US military planes carrying aid flew Sunday into southwestern China, the first time Beijing has accepted help from foreign troops since the earthquake struck, officials said. The C-17 aircraft carrying food, electricity generators, blankets and other goods flew into...

                   

China can take Olympics in stride

delawareonline.com
May 18, 2008
        

The government has made every effort to ensure that these are "the best games ever." China has invested some $40 billion in 14 new venues and another dozen or so upgrades -- more than twice as much as the $16 billion Greece paid to prepare Athens for the 2004 Summer Games. Beijing's announcement...

                   

Olympic Spectacle

realclearpolitics.com
May 18, 2008
        

Dan Blumenthal asserts: "The Olympics will not pry China open. The Communist Party's repressive techniques will grow stronger thanks to Western technology and training." Jacques deLisle counters: "The Olympics are likely to have a modestly positive impact on freedom, civil and political rights,...

                   

Chinese citizens donate millions for quake relief

chron.com
May 18, 2008
        

Residents acting despite nation's lack of organized philanthropy By MAUREEN FAN Washington Post BEIJING — At the headquarters of the Red Cross Society of China, volunteers turned a boardroom into a makeshift cashier's office last week, sending tens of thousands of fluttering bank notes through...

                   

China’s All-Seeing Eye

chinadigitaltimes.net
May 18, 2008
        

In Rolling Stone, anti-globalization activist Naomi Klein has a lengthy article in which she looks at the new high-tech modes of surveillance being used by the Chinese government and the role played by American corporations: American commentators like CNN’s Jack Cafferty dismiss the Chinese as...

                   

A jolt to China's bedrock: Facing heightened international scrutiny and feeling the weight of its...

pennnet.com
May 18, 2008
        

Chicago Tribune (May 18, 2008) JUYUAN, China -- In another era, Chinese citizens would have asked whether these epic trials, particularly an earthquake in which 50,000 people are feared dead, might signal that the Communist Party had lost what the ancient Chinese called "the mandate of heaven" --...

                   

Sunday Poll Information: Earthquake Calms Olympic Controversies

kauz.com
May 18, 2008
        

Story Created: Jan 15, 2008 at 9:57 PM CDT Story Updated: May 17, 2008 at 10:32 PM CDT Beijing, China (AP) - China's deadliest earthquake in a generation has jarred Chinese who expected to be reveling in anticipation of the Beijing Olympics. The authoritarian Chinese government's rapid,...