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Chinese American entertainers stage benefit performance for China's quake victims

                   
people.com.cn
May 19, 2008
        
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More than 200 Chinese American entertainers staged a benefit performance in New York Sunday afternoon raising more than 106,000 U.S. dollars for victims of China's May 12 earthquake. The performers, including singers, musicians, martial arts practitioners and a competitor in this year's local... [read full story]                    

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3. Quake tragedy stirs ordinary Chinese to charity

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3. Quake tragedy stirs ordinary Chinese to charity

iht.com
May 20, 2008
        

Duan Hanbing, right, helped move a survivor of last week's earthquake to a hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan. Other volunteers from around China had already delivered food, water and sympathy. From the moment the earthquake struck on May 12, the Chinese government dispatched soldiers, police officers...

Survivors still being found after Chinese quake

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May 20, 2008
        

Chinese authorities are trying to reassure people in the capital of earthquake-hit Sichuan province, after government warnings of a powerful aftershock sparked panic. Tens of thousands of Chengdu residents rushed to open spaces overnight, causing huge traffic jams. Rescuers have now reached...

                   

Foreign firms 'stint on quake aid'

news.com.au
May 20, 2008
        

AFTER making heaps of money in China's vast market, heartless foreign corporations have failed to pay a cent towards earthquake relief – or so claimed text messages buzzing between Chinese mobile phones today. The only snag is that every company named in the texts, from McDonald's to Louis...

                   

Foreign firms stint on quake aid -- or so it's said

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May 20, 2008
        

By Rujun Shen SHANGHAI, May 20 (Reuters) - After making heaps of money in China's vast market, heartless foreign corporations have failed to pay a cent towards earthquake relief -- or so claimed text messages buzzing between Chinese mobile phones on Tuesday. The only snag is that every company...

                   

China briefs: Study to ask why schools fell in quake

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May 20, 2008
        

Study to ask why schools fell in quake From wire reports SHANGHAI — Chinese officials, facing a barrage of questions from bereaved parents and angry citizens, say they will launch an investigation into why so many schools were toppled by last week's earthquake. Officials said that at least 6,898...

China quake prompts ordinary citizens to volunteer

chron.com
May 20, 2008
        

By JIM YARDLEY and DAVID BARBOZA New York Times LUCHI, CHINA — Hao Lin had already lied to his wife about his destination, hopped a plane to Chengdu, borrowed a bike and pedaled through the countryside by the time he reached this ravaged farming village. A psychologist, Hao had come to offer free...

                   

Chinese man pulled to safety eight days after quake

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May 20, 2008
        

By Lucy Hornby CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - A 31-year-old Chinese executive was pulled alive from the rubble of a power plant on Tuesday, eight days after a massive quake struck southwestern China and killed an estimated 50,000. Ma Yuanjiang was rescued in Wenchuan county, epicenter of the May 12...

                   

French president visits Chinese embassy to express condolences over deadly quake

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May 20, 2008
        

French President Nicolas Sarkozy Monday visited the Chinese Embassy to express his condolences over the deadly earthquake that hit southwestern China last week. "We are in solidarity with the Chinese people who are severely suffering," Sarkozy wrote on the condolence book at the embassy. The...

Many Hands, Not Held by China, Aid in Quake

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May 20, 2008
        

The New York Times looks at the spontaneous, well-organized and enthusiastic civilian response to the earthquake, as NGOs, businesses and individuals travel to Chengdu to volunteer their time and energy: The public’s spontaneous rush to volunteer is a piece of the same defiance in which media...

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Chinese Web in Black and White for 3 Days

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May 20, 2008
        

Yesterday, the 19th of May 2008, the three days of national mourning started in China to commemorate the now already more than 30.000 victims of Monday’s earthquake in Sichuan, China. All the Chinese search engines, as well as major portals, video sharing websites and many others will be in black...

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