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Following the recent earthquake in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, chinaONEcall is offering free help for victims of the Chinese earthquake, and for anxious family or others needing to contact them or the victims doctors / nurses in the affected area.

MIANYANG, CHINA — The Chinese government said Monday that 158 relief workers had been killed in landslides over the last three days, buried in mud as they tried to repair roads in some of the worst-hit areas. The announcement came on a day when the country paused for three minutes of silence to mourn the deaths of tens of thousands of people from last week’s earthquake.

This blog post discusses the impact of the Sichuan earthquake on the region's energy infrastructure, including oil, gas, coal, hydro and nuclear facilities.

There have been some touching little stories related to the Sichuan earthquake that wouldn't be covered by the mainstream media. Here I'd like to share a few here

ESWN takes a critical look at why the headline "750,000 a year killed by Chinese pollution" is not a fair or informed one. His analysis raises the question of whether or not that number is actually not too bad.

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China has agreements with more than 80 countries but will not let Canada have an "Approved Destination Status" agreement.

There are two reasons for this hurt on Canada's tourism industry and ...

Poor guy just can't catch a break! It was reported just a few days ago that Fan Meizhong, the teacher from the Sichuan earthquake famous for running from his children, had been given a second chance to teach. It looks like all that media attention, however, made the school change their minds. Article contains a portion of an interesting interview with Fan.

The Chinese government’s decision to allow the seemingly unrestricted flow of information out of Sichuan this week in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake has surprised many. However, the general assumption that the Chinese government ‘all of the sudden’ decided to pursue a policy of transparency and openess is incorrect. This decision was in fact made last year when the State...

For every MSN Messenger user that changes their screen-name to "(R) 彩虹连心 支援灾区" [trans (rough): Rainbow of United Hearts, Supporting & Assisting the Disaster Area], MSN will donate RMB 0.10 toward the effort to rebuild schools and the local education system in Sichuan / Wenchuan; Toyota matches MSN's donations.