Overseas Chinese offer helping hands to homeland

                   
xinhuanet.com     May 17, 2008            

By Zheng Hangen BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit China's southwest province of Sichuan on May 12 has struck a sympathetic chord among overseas Chinese worldwide. From Namibia to Mexico, from France to the United States, vast numbers of overseas... [read full story]                    

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Chinese sports stars pledge quake relief

alertnet.org     May 16, 2008          

BEIJING, May 16 (Reuters) - Chinese sports stars have opened their wallets to help earthquake victims in their country with Houston Rockets star Yao Ming pledging 2 million yuan ($286,100). "I plan to do whatever I can," Yao said in a joint statement with Rockets owner Leslie Alexander, who...                    

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China - Chinese living abroad donate 160 mln yuan to quake-hit regions - Xinhua News Agency

globalgeopolitics.net     May 16, 2008          

Chinese living abroad donate 160 mln yuan to quake-hit regions - Xinhua News AgencyBEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese living abroad had donated relief supplies and cash valued at 160 million yuan (23 million U.S. dollars) to quake-hit regions, an official said here on Friday. The Overseas...                    

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Chinese living abroad donate 160 mln yuan to quake-hit regions

people.com.cn     May 16, 2008          

Chinese living abroad had donated relief supplies and cash valued at 160 million yuan (23 million U.S. dollars) to quake-hit regions, an official said here on Friday. The Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council deputy director Ma Rupei said since a donation program was initiated on...                    

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