emergency

seeingredinchina.com — As one of the very few expat bloggers working in a Chinese hospital I feel it is my responsibility to share some tips on going to the ER in China, as well as a bonus helping of awful hospital experiences. Hopefully, you'll never need to use these.

Bring someone with you

www.chinadaily.com.cn — A zoo staff member dressed in a costume of "Tigger" from Disney's Winnie the pooh is seen loose in the street during a tiger escape drill at a zoo in Chengdu. The zoo staged its first ever animal escape drill Thursday in order to enhance its capability of emergency handling and safeguarding the staff and tourists.

www.msnbc.msn.com — Twenty-three people were trapped in a flooded coal mine in central China, authorities said Sunday. The flood swamped the mine in Yuzhou city of Henan province early Sunday morning, the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety said in a statement on its Web site.