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In Tragedy, a New Kind of Unity

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May 17, 2008
        

On my street last week, the Communist Party's neighborhood committee moved old computers out of its storage room to make way for donated materials bound for earthquake victims 2,000 miles away. All across China, images of mass destruction and individual courage have inspired ordinary citizens to...

                   

Crises Clouds Olympic Mood...

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May 17, 2008
        

By Edward Cody Washington Post Foreign Service CHENGDU, China, May 16 -- Eight is an auspicious number in Chinese tradition, and 2008 was supposed to be a joyful year, a time for celebrating at the Beijing Olympics and basking in international recognition of the country's tremendous progress...

China’s Perfect Storm

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May 17, 2008
        

Written by Jamie F. Metzl, Executive Vice President of the Asia Society, from Project Syndicate: A perfect storm is brewing that could threaten China’s relations with the world. Although some China bashers in the West and nationalists in China may be rejoicing, the potential deterioration of...

                   

Beijing takes on damage control

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May 17, 2008
        

PAULA BRONSTEIN / GETTY IMAGES Rescue workers and the military on Friday dig out bodies buried in a collapsed school in China. The 7.9-magnitude quake struck Monday, and thousands of people remain buried in rubble. The 7.9-magnitude quake that struck Monday compromised what was shaping up as a...

                   
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WP: Crises cloud China's Olympic mood

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May 17, 2008
        

Eight is an auspicious number in Chinese tradition, and 2008 was supposed to be a joyful year, a time for celebrating at the Beijing Olympics and basking in international recognition of the country's tremendous progress under the careful leadership of the Communist Party. It has not turned out...

                   
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Crises cloud China's Olympic mood

msn.com
May 17, 2008
        

Eight is an auspicious number in Chinese tradition, and 2008 was supposed to be a joyful year, a time for celebrating at the Beijing Olympics and basking in international recognition of the country's tremendous progress under the careful leadership of the Communist Party. It has not turned out...

                   

'Shock of consciousness' sweeps China in wake of temblor

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May 17, 2008
        

GEOFFREY YORK From Saturday's Globe and Mail MIANYANG, CHINA — With their expensive Mercedes-Benz sports vehicles, the wealthy members of the Chongqing car club are normally accustomed to tooling around town in their luxury cars and taking weekend leisure trips. The former soldier and the...

                   

'Shock of consciousness' sweeps autocratic China in wake of temblor

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May 17, 2008
        

MIANYANG, CHINA -- The former soldier and the Mercedes owners are among a huge army of Chinese volunteers, numbering in the tens of thousands, who have poured into the earthquake zone in an extraordinary outpouring of private aid. Most of the volunteers are independent, self-financed and...

                   

Opening China

washingtonpost.com
May 17, 2008
        

SHANTOU, China -- A small group of doctors and nurses just left for Chengdu loaded down with medicines to help in the aftermath of Monday's earthquake. This scene of homegrown assistance has been repeated all over China, because every Chinese knows the agonizing details of the story. Shantou is...

                   

Crises Cloud China's Olympic Mood as Quake Tests Party's Mettle

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May 17, 2008
        

CHENGDU, China, May 16 -- Eight is an auspicious number in Chinese tradition, and 2008 was supposed to be a joyful year, a time for celebrating at the Beijing Olympics and basking in international recognition of the country's tremendous progress under the careful leadership of the Communist Party.